Category:Early Islamic Studies--Italian--1700s

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Second Temple Studies in Italian in the 1700s

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Overview

In the 18th century the contribution of Italian authors to Early Islamic Studies was limited to the translation of the Life of Muhammad by Henri de Boulainvilliers. Following the success of Voltaire's "Mahomet le prophet," which was translated into Italian by Melchiorre Cesarotti in 1762, Alberto Baccanti composed a pome on the the figure of Muhammad. The only original piece of scholarship in Italian was the Saggio sull'origine, culto, letteratura e costumi degli arabi avanti il pseudoprofeta Maometto by Simone Assemani.