Kitab Salat as-Sawai
Arabic book of hours; first printed book in Arabic
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Kitābu ṣalāti s-sawā'ī (Arabic: كتاب صلاة السواعي) is a book of hours printed in Arabic in 1514.[2][3] It is the first known book printed in Arabic with movable type.[3][1][4][2]
A copy of Kitābu ṣalāti s-sawā'ī at the Senior Library of Oxford University's Lincoln College. | |
| Original title | كتاب صلاة السواعي |
|---|---|
Publication date | September 12, 1514[1] |
History
It was almost certainly printed by Gregorio di Gregorii. Miroslav Krek determined it was very probably printed in Venice, despite the colophonic attribution to Fano,[5] although this is disputed.[3][6] Other sources claim it was in fact printed in Fano, at an Arabic printing press established by Pope Julius II.[1][4]
Contents
The psalms used are those of the eleventh-century Melkite bishop, Abd Allah ibn al-Fadl.[7]
Known existing copies
The scholar Nuria Torres Santo Domingo located a number of existing copies,[2] listed below:
Italy
- Biblioteca Estense, Modena
- Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence
- Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
France
United Kingdom
- British Museum, London
- Bodleian Library, Oxford
Germany
- Bavarian State Library, Munich
- Zentralbibliothek Sondersammlungen, Rostock
Netherlands
- Leiden University Library, Leiden
Spain
- Biblioteca Histórica Marqués de Valdecilla, Madrid
Sweden
- Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala
Egypt
United States
- Princeton University Library, Princeton