Cribratio Alchorani (Sifting the Koran / 1461 Cusanus), ms.
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Cribratio Alchorani <Latin> / Sifting the Koran (1461) is a manuscript work by Nicolaus Cusanus.
Abstract
Written shortly after his De pace fidei (1453), it is a response to the Qur'an (as known through the Latin translation by Robert of Ketton) "from the standpoint of the Gospel of Christ," based on the assumption that all religions have a share in the absolute truth of the one religion.
Editions
The text widely circulated in manuscript form.