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1 online resource |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. The Misfortune of a Translation; 2. The Material Text: Three States, One Edition, a History Book; 3. "What Everybody Wishes for and Keeps Silent": Analysis of the Context Through the Paratext; 4. "And He Translated the Alcorano in the Vulgar Tongue": Giovanni Battista Castrodardo, Translator of the Alcorano di Macometto; 5. The Iberian and Italian Mi'rāǧ by Giovanni Battista Castrodardo: An Unknown Dante Scholar and Muhammad's Ascension into Heaven |
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6. The Religion of the Italians, or Purgatory and the Qur'an: A Belief and a Place Between Robert of Ketton and Roberto Bellarmino7. Scribendae Historiae Gratia: The Oration of Sergius the Monk to the Prophet Muhammad; 8. Reading and Rewriting the Alcorano di Macometto: Francesco Sansovino Between the Historie Universali and the Selve; 9. A Cheese Maker from Lucca and a Miller from Friuli; 10. The Fortune of the Alcorano di Macometto and a Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
In The Venetian Qur'an, Pier Mattia Tommasino uncovers the author, origin, and lasting influence of the Alcorano di Macometto, a book that purported to be the first printed European vernacular translation of the Qur'an |
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Cultural Studies |
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Medieval and Renaissance Studies |
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Religion |
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Religious Studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
| SUBJECT |
Qurʼan. Italian -- Versions -- History
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Qurʼan -- Translating -- History
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Qurʼan fast |
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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HISTORY -- Renaissance.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Notini, S. (Sylvia), translator.
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| ISBN |
9780812294972 |
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0812294971 |
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