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The First Islamic Material at Cambridge University Library: Unearthing Bedwell’s Forgotten Manuscript

2023.09.19

最古のイスラーム研究文献であるラテン語訳クルアーンに関するエッセイを、Majid Daneshgar准教授がケンブリッジ大学に寄稿しました。

The First Islamic Material at Cambridge University Library: Unearthing Bedwell’s Forgotten Manuscript

It is a common belief among scholars that the first oriental manuscript donated to CUL in 1631 was a copy of the Qur’ān (MS Ii.6.48) belonging to William Bedwell (1561–1632), a leading British Arabist and translator of Arabic materials to English. He was an influential figure in establishing Arabic and Islamic studies in England. He produced several works on the Bible, lexicography, and Muslim literature. But he is also known…

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