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An anonymous book appeared in Venice in 1547 titled L'Alcorano di Macometto, 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, L'Alcorano di Macometto 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 Alcorano was affordable, accessible, and widely distributed. In The Venetian Qur'an, Pier Mattia Tommasino uncovers the volume's mysterious origins, its previously unidentified author, and its broad, lasting influence. L'Alcorano di Macometto, 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 L'Alcorano di Macometto bridges Muhammad's biography and the text of the Qur'an with Machiavelli's The Prince and Dante's Divine Comedy. In the years following the publication of L'Alcorano di Macometto, 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, The Venetian Qur'an reveals the history and legacy of a fascinating historical and scholarly document.
Humanists --- 297.181 --- 297.116*1 --- 297 <093> --- 297.116*1 Relatie Islam tot Christendom --- Relatie Islam tot Christendom --- 297.181 Islam: canonieke boeken; Koran --- Islam: canonieke boeken; Koran --- Islam. Mohammedanisme--Historische bronnen --- Castrodardo, Giovanni Battista, --- Qurʼan. --- Alcorano di Macometto --- Versions --- History. --- Translating --- Publication and distribution --- Book history --- Islam --- Theory of literary translation --- History of Europe --- Koran --- anno 1500-1599 --- Venice --- Quran.
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The book is pulibshed on the occasion of Zevi's birth and it's an homage to the great historian, lecturer, critic, politician and designer. It is also a reflexion about the modern and contemporary Italian architectures that Zevi's supported and promoted through his work.Through drawings, models and other visual materials, the book intends to clarify the fundamental role played by Zevi in the Italian post-war architectural debate, highlighting the importance of the relationship between architecture and active politics.Maurizio Sacripanti, Luigi Pellegrin, Franco Albini, Giovanni Michelucci, Mario Ridolfi and Carlo Mollino are just a few of the 35 featured architects whose designs, published and supported by Zevi, accompanied his career in over 50 years of critical, militant activity.Therefore, the volume represents both a new overview of Italian architecture from the post-war years through to the end of the 20th century and an opportunity to spotlight Zevi's extensive criticism and writing, his political and social passion and his presence in the civic history of the country.
Zevi, Bruno --- Architecture --- Zevi, Bruno, --- History --- Histoire --- architectural history --- anno 1940-1949 --- anno 1950-1959 --- anno 1960-1969 --- anno 1970-1979 --- anno 1980-1989 --- anno 1990-1999 --- Italy
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