Late Medieval Translations of the Qurʾān (1450–1525): Discontinuity or Cumulativeness?

Abstract What was the reason behind the new, still partly understudied, European “wave of translations” of the Qurʾān characteristic of the years 1440‒1530? Can we find a pattern behind the translation processes and techniques used by John of Segovia and his Muslim coworker, the team commissioned by...

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Main Author: Grévin, Benoît 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Medieval encounters
Year: 2020, Volume: 26, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 477-506
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Koran / Translation / History 1440-1530
IxTheo Classification:BJ Islam
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Juan de Segovia
B Egidio da Viterbo
B Marcos de Toledo
B Robert of Ketton
B Moncada (Flavius Mithridates)
B multigraphism / multilinguism
B Latin translations of the Qurʾān
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