The Latin Qur’an, 1143–1500

Published by De Gruyter 2021

The Latin Qur’an, 1143–1500

Translation, Transition, Interpretation

Edited by: Cándida Ferrero Hernández and John Tolan

Volume 1 in the series The European Qur'an

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110702712

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In 1143 Robert of Ketton produced the first Latin translation of the Qur’an. This translation, extant in 24 manuscripts, was one of the main ways in which Latin European readers had access to the Muslim holy book. Yet it was not the only means of transmission of Quranic stories and concepts to the Latin world: there were other medieval translations into Latin of the Qur’an and of Christian polemical texts composed in Arabic which transmitted elements of the Qur’an (often in a polemical mode).

The essays in this volume examine the range of medieval Latin transmission of the Qur’an and reaction to the Qur’an by concentrating on the manuscript traditions of medieval Qur’an translations and anti-Islamic polemics in Latin. We see how the Arabic text was transmitted and studied in Medieval Europe. We examine the strategies of translators who struggled to find a proper vocabulary and syntax to render Quranic terms into Latin, at times showing miscomprehensions of the text or willful distortions for polemical purposes. These translations and interpretations by Latin authors working primarily in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Spain were the main sources of information about Islam for European scholars until well into the sixteenth century, when they were printed, reused and commented. This volume presents a key assessment of a crucial chapter in European understandings of Islam.

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Cándida Ferrero Hernández, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain; John Tolan, Université de Nantes, France.

Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	I
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Acknowledgements Accessible Download PDF	IX
Introduction Cándida Ferrero Hernández Accessible Download PDF	1
The Four Oldest Latin Quotations of the Qur’an: Eighth/Ninth-Century al-Andalus Thomas E. Burman Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	11
On the Genesis and Formation of the Corpus Cluniacense Anthony John Lappin Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	27
Dixit apostoli. The Word-by-word Principle in Latin Translations of the Qur’an Reinhold F. Glei Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	57
Translating from Arabic to Latin in the Twelfth Century: The Examples of Two Englishmen, Robert of Ketton and Adelard of Bath Olivier Hanne Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	71
Corrections to Robert of Ketton’s Translation of the Qur’an in MS Paris Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal 1162 Fernando González Muñoz Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	95
Robert de Ketton, traditore: Manifestations of anti-Islamic Radicalism in the First Latin Translation of the Qur’an Óscar de la Cruz Palma Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	111
Translatological Remarks on Rendering the Qur’an into Latin (Robert of Ketton, Mark of Toledo and Egidio da Viterbo): Purposes, Theory, and Techniques José Luis Alexis Rivera Luque Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	123
The Contribution of the Speculum historiale to the History of the Latin Risālat al-Kindī and the Corpus Cluniacense Florence Ninitte Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	139
Context and the Use of Quotes from Robert of Ketton’s Translation of the Qur’an in the Itinerarium Symonis Semeonis Agustín Justicia Lara Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	159
Interpretatio iuxta traditionem: The Transmission of Latin Anti-Islamic Texts Antoni Biosca i Bas Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	177
Qur’an at the Council. Manuscripts and Use of the Ketton Translation of the Qur’an at the Council of Basel (1431–1449) Jacob Langeloh Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	185
An Indirect Usage of the Qur’an in the XVth century. Jean Germain’s Débat du chrétien et du sarrasin Irene Reginato Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	205
The Extracta ex Alcorano and Giacomo della Marca’s Glosses in MS Falconara 3 José Martínez Gázquez Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	225
The Glosses on Mark of Toledo’s Alchoranus Latinus Nàdia Petrus Pons Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	283
Dhul-Qarnayn, The One of the Two Horns, in the Latin Glosses to the Qur’an Katarzyna K. Starczewska Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	299
Qur’an Quotations in the Liber de Doctrina Mahumet Ulisse Cecini Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	317
Using Muslim Exegesis in Europe in the 12^th and 18^th Centuries: A Comparative Study of Robert of Ketton’s and George Sale’s Approaches Mouhamadoul Khaly Wélé Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	349
Riccoldo da Monte di Croce and the Origins of the Qur’an as a Deviation from Christian Salvation History Davide Scotto Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	363
Riccoldo the Florentine’s Reprobacion del Alcoran: A Manual for Preaching to the ‘Moors’ Cándida Ferrero Hernández Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	395
Sicut Euangelia sunt quatuor, distribuerunt continentiam eius in quatuor libros: On the Division of Iberian Qur’ans and Their Translations into Four Parts Juan Pablo Arias Torres Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	425
The Bellús Qur’an, Martín García, and Martín de Figuerola: The Study of the Qur’an and Its Use in the Sermones de la Fe and the Disputes with Muslims in the Crown of Aragon in the Sixteenth Century Xavier Casassas Canals Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	455
Conclusion: Robert of Ketton’s Translation and its Legacy John Tolan Accessible Download PDF	475
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	481
Index of Manuscript Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	485
Index Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	489

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Languages: English, French, Spanish
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Islamic Studies; Arabic Studies; Theology; Religious Studies; History
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 498
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 18
Keywords: Quran; Islam-Christian relations; palaeography; manuscript studies

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Published: October 25, 2021
ISBN: 9783110702712

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Published: October 25, 2021
ISBN: 9783110702637