{"product_id":"the-venetian-quran-a-renaissance-companion-to-islam-hardback-9780812250121","title":"The Venetian Qur'an; A Renaissance Companion to Islam (Hardback) 9780812250121","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Venetian Qur'an\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Renaissance Companion to Islam\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePier Mattia Tommasino (Author), Sylvia Notini (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812250121\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.616 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Tommasino masterfully deploys textual analysis and historical investigations to Alcorano di Macometto. His revealing account of Venetian publishing circles and their eager readership reanimates a fascinating episode of the European Renaissance.\" (Religious Studies Review) \"\u003ci\u003eThe Venetian Qur'an\u003c\/i\u003e is an impressively rich study. It is a model of multidisciplinary research, drawing on historical, literary, and linguistic approaches.\" (Thomas E. Burman, University of Notre Dame) \"A philological masterwork that introduces readers to a shadowy figure who was central to the intellectual life of his age. It is meticulously argued, encompassing early modern Italian literature, intellectual history, and the history of Orientalism, as well as Reformation-era European religious studies.\" (Karla Mallette, University of Michigan)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn anonymous book appeared in Venice in 1547 titled \u003ci\u003eL'Alcorano di Macometto\u003c\/i\u003e, and, according to the title page, it contained \"the doctrine, life, customs, and laws [of Mohammed] . . . newly translated from Arabic into the Italian language.\" Were this true, \u003ci\u003eL'Alcorano di Macometto\u003c\/i\u003e would have been the first printed direct translation of the Qur'an in a European vernacular language. The truth, however, was otherwise. As soon became clear, the Qur'anic sections of the book-about half the volume-were in fact translations of a twelfth-century Latin translation that had appeared in print in Basel in 1543. The other half included commentary that balanced anti-Islamic rhetoric with new interpretations of Muhammad's life and political role in pre-Islamic Arabia. Despite having been discredited almost immediately, the \u003ci\u003eAlcorano\u003c\/i\u003e was affordable, accessible, and widely distributed.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Venetian Qur'an\u003c\/i\u003e, Pier Mattia Tommasino uncovers the volume's mysterious origins, its previously unidentified author, and its broad, lasting influence. \u003ci\u003eL'Alcorano di Macometto\u003c\/i\u003e, Tommasino argues, served a dual purpose: it was a book for European refugees looking to relocate in the Ottoman Empire, as well as a general Renaissance reader's guide to Islamic history and stories. The book's translation and commentary were prepared by an unknown young scholar, Giovanni Battista Castrodardo, a complex and intellectually accomplished man, whose commentary in \u003ci\u003eL'Alcorano di Macometto\u003c\/i\u003e bridges Muhammad's biography and the text of the Qur'an with Machiavelli's \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e and Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e. In the years following the publication of \u003ci\u003eL'Alcorano di Macometto\u003c\/i\u003e, the book was dismissed by Arabists and banned by the Catholic Church. It was also, however, translated into German, Hebrew, and Spanish and read by an extended lineage of missionaries, rabbis, renegades, and iconoclasts, including such figures as the miller Menocchio, Joseph Justus Scaliger, and Montesquieu. Through meticulous research and literary analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Venetian Qur'an\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the history and legacy of a fascinating historical and scholarly document.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Misfortune of a Translation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Material Text: Three States, One Edition, a History Book\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. \"What Everybody Wishes for and Keeps Silent\": Analysis of the Context Through the Paratext\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. \"And He Translated the \u003ci\u003eAlcorano\u003c\/i\u003e in the Vulgar Tongue\": Giovanni Battista Castrodardo, Translator of the \u003ci\u003eAlcorano di Macometto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Iberian and Italian \u003ci\u003eMi'rāǧ\u003c\/i\u003e by Giovanni Battista Castrodardo: An Unknown Dante Scholar and Muhammad's Ascension into Heaven\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Religion of the Italians, or Purgatory and the Qur'an: A Belief and a Place Between Robert of Ketton and Roberto Bellarmino\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. \u003ci\u003eScribendae Historiae Gratia\u003c\/i\u003e: The Oration of Sergius the Monk to the Prophet Muhammad\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Reading and Rewriting the \u003ci\u003eAlcorano di Macometto\u003c\/i\u003e: Francesco Sansovino Between the \u003ci\u003eHistorie Universali\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSelve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. A Cheese Maker from Lucca and a Miller from Friuli\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. The Fortune of the \u003ci\u003eAlcorano di Macometto\u003c\/i\u003e and a Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52744851128600,"sku":"9780812250121","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-venetian-quran-a-renaissance-companion-to-islam-hardback-9780812250121","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}