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The Medieval Church · 1143
The Latin Qur'an
Lex Mahumet Pseudoprophete
Robert of Ketton · 12th century
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What it is
The first translation of the Qur'an into any European language, made in Spain for the abbot of Cluny as part of a whole dossier on Islam.
Why it lasted
For four centuries this was how educated Europeans read the Qur'an; Luther arranged for its printing in 1543.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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