Exhibition: The Quran in East and West: Manuscripts and Printed Books
Item appears in the following exhibition pageThe Quran in East and West: Manuscripts and Printed Books: Qurans : Printed Books Item InformationDublin CoreTitleAlcorani textus universus ex correctioribus Arabum exemplaribus summa fide, atque pulcherrimis characteribus descriptus, volume 2, page I
SubjectIslam
Descriptioncritical edition of the complete Arabic text of the Quran with Latin translation and commentary, introduced by an apologetic essay against Islam
PublisherEx typographia seminarii
Date1698
ContributorMarracci, Luigi, 1612-1700
Languagelat
IdentifierCLIO id: 4561623
Additional Item MetadataProvenanceheraldic book plate of Edward Gregory
according to a gutter note dated 14 April 1914, the book came to Burke Library from Alfred Ball MODSKey Date1698
Type of Dateex
Publication PlacePadua
Publication Date1698
Form/Genrebooks
Repository Namennc-ut
Shelf LocationUnion Rare OT40 1698
Notesthe complete title reads: "Alcorani textus universus ex correctioribus Arabum exemplaribus summa fide, atque pulcherrimis characteribus descriptus; eademque fide, ac pari diligentia ex Arabico idiomate in Latinum translatus; appositis unicuique capiti notis, atque refutatione: his omnibus praemissus est Prodromus totum priorem tomum implens"
vol. 1 contains Marracci's "Prodomus ad refutationem Alcorani in quo per quatuor praecipuas verae religionis notas Mahumetanae sectae falsitas ostenditur, Christianae religionis veritas comprobatur," which the Sacra Congregatione de Propaganda Fide had published in Rome 1691, and vol. 2 contains the text of the Quran Physical Description of book from which the digital images were taken:
2 vols. pagination not continuous original binding references:
Schnurrer, pp. 412-414 s.v. 377 E. Denison Ross, “Ludovico Marracci,” Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies 2/1, 1921, pp. 117–123 Language of Catalogingeng
Digital Originrd
CollectionBurke [UTS] Union Rare
Still Image Item Type MetadataOriginal Formatbook in 2 vols.
Physical Dimensions36 x 23 cm
Citation“Alcorani textus universus ex correctioribus Arabum exemplaribus summa fide, atque pulcherrimis characteribus descriptus, volume 2, page I,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed November 22, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/quran/item/6131. |