Alcoranus (Qur'an / 1632 Zechendorf), ms.

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Alcoranus (1632) is a manuscript by Johann Zechendorf (1580-1662).

Abstract

The manuscript consists of 1132 pages. It includes a text of the Qur'an with interlinear Latin translation word for word and comments in margin.

Editions

The entire translation was never published. Zechendorf published only 2 booklets on the Qur'an. It was rediscovered in 2014 by Roberto Tottoli at the Cairo National Library

References

  • Roberto Tottoli, "The Latin Translation of the Qurʾān by Johann Zechendorff (1580-1662) discovered in Cairo Dār al-Kutub". Oriente Moderno, 95 (2015), S. 5–31

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  • [ Google Books]