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Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A III 19 : Koran
(Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A III 19 : Koran)

Title	Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A III 19 : Koran
Title Original	Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A III 19 : Koran
Publication Date:	1242
Type	belge
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Bibliotecas UMA - Universidad de Málaga
Record ID	cdi_manuscriptorium_primary_ECODIC_CHUBB_A_III_19_15V78H2_en
Library Location	Available Online
Date	1242
Notes	Koran, written in Ramaḍān 639 h. [= March-April 1242] by Muḥammad Ibn al-Maʿāǧīnī. In addition to the canonical text, the manuscript also contains the variants of the seven readers of the Koran and their main transmitters. It was brought to Basel from Constantinople in 1437 by the Dominican John of Ragusa , one of the leading theologians for the Council of Basel. Since 1433 the manuscript was the property of the Dominican monastery of Basel as a bequest of John of Ragusa, and in 1559 it became the property of the university library. The Zurich theologist Theodor Bibliander made use of this manuscript in the preparation of his printing of the Latin translation of the Koran by Robert von Ketton (Basel 1543).

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Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A III 19 : Koran

(Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A III 19 : Koran)

Publication Date 1242

Type belge

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Bibliotecas UMA - Universidad de Málaga

Record ID cdi_manuscriptorium_primary_ECODIC_CHUBB_A_III_19_15V78H2_en

Library Location Available Online

Date 1242

Notes Koran, written in Ramaḍān 639 h. [= March-April 1242] by Muḥammad Ibn al-Maʿāǧīnī. In addition to the canonical text, the manuscript also contains the variants of the seven readers of the Koran and their main transmitters. It was brought to Basel from Constantinople in 1437 by the Dominican John of Ragusa , one of the leading theologians for the Council of Basel. Since 1433 the manuscript was the property of the Dominican monastery of Basel as a bequest of John of Ragusa, and in 1559 it became the property of the university library. The Zurich theologist Theodor Bibliander made use of this manuscript in the preparation of his printing of the Latin translation of the Koran by Robert von Ketton (Basel 1543).