''L'Alcoran de Mahomet'' ("The Qur'an of Muhammad") was the third Western translation of the
Qur'an
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, preceded by ''
Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete
''Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete'' ( en, Law of Muhammad the pseudo-prophet/false prophet) is the translation of the Qur'an into Medieval Latin by Robert of Ketton ( 1110 – 1160 AD). It is the earliest translation of the Qur'an into a Western langua ...
'' ("
heLaw of the False Prophet Muhammad") and the translation by
Mark of Toledo Mark of Toledo (fl. 1193-1216) was a Spanish physician and a canon of Toledo. Biography
He produced one of the earliest translations of the Qur'an into Latin while working at the Toledo School of Translators. He also translated Hippocrates' ''De a ...
. The translation was made from
Arabic
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into French by the lord of
Ryer in 1647.
Two years later, in 1649,
Alexander Ross translated
it to
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from
French, and included the following title-page:
:''"The Alcoran of Mahomet, Translated out of Arabick into French. By sir Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and Resident for the French King, at ALEXANDRIA. And Newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish Vanities. To which is prefixed, the Life of Mahomet, the Prophet of the Turks, and Author of the Alcoran. With a Needful Caveat, or Admonition, for them who desire to know what Use may be made of, or if there be danger in Reading the ALCORAN."
Gallery
File:Alcoran de Mahomet 1647.jpg, ''L'Alcoran de Mahomet'', André du Ryer
André Du Ryer, Lord of La Garde-Malezair (b. Marcigny, Bourgogne, c. 1580; d. 1660 or 1672) was a French orientalist who produced the third western translation of the Qur'an.
Biography
Du Ryer was diplomatic envoy to Constantinople and French ...
, 1647.
File:Lifeofmahomet.jpg, An engraving of Muhammad
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in ''The Life of Mahomet'' (1719)
See also
*
List of translations of the Qur'an
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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References
External links
The Nativity of Jesus, Blessed be He, in the Koran; Koran Index - Part !: André du Ryer*The full text o
Ross's translationin
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