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BIBLE, Gospels, in Arabic and Latin. Rome: in Typographia Medicea, 1591.
2° (305 x 200mm). Without title and preliminaries as issued, pp 9-462 and colophon, text in Arabic with an interlinear Latin translation ascribed to A.Sionita, within black ruled borders, 150 woodcut illustrations by Antonio Tempesta and others (including repeats), head-pieces (occasional spotting and staining). 17th century vellum (stained, spine worn and restored, covers slightly warped).
Published at the same time as the first edition without Latin text, from the same press. Only the Psalter(1516) and a version of Galatians (1583) precede this as portions of the Bible in Arabic. The Medicean Press was established by Pope Gregory XIII for the propagation of Christianity in the East. Darlow and Moule 1637; Schnurrer, Bibliotheca Arabica 318; British Library, Arabic Books I 387; Harvard/Mortimer Italian 64 (describing the edition with arabic text alone).
2° (305 x 200mm). Without title and preliminaries as issued, pp 9-462 and colophon, text in Arabic with an interlinear Latin translation ascribed to A.Sionita, within black ruled borders, 150 woodcut illustrations by Antonio Tempesta and others (including repeats), head-pieces (occasional spotting and staining). 17th century vellum (stained, spine worn and restored, covers slightly warped).
Published at the same time as the first edition without Latin text, from the same press. Only the Psalter(1516) and a version of Galatians (1583) precede this as portions of the Bible in Arabic. The Medicean Press was established by Pope Gregory XIII for the propagation of Christianity in the East. Darlow and Moule 1637; Schnurrer, Bibliotheca Arabica 318; British Library, Arabic Books I 387; Harvard/Mortimer Italian 64 (describing the edition with arabic text alone).