Kitab salat al-sawai
Page from the Book of Hours, showing floral borders, later reused by Gregorio di Gregorii
The Kitāb ṣalāt al-sawāʻi (Arabic: كتاب صلاة السواع) is widely considered the first book in Arabic printed using movable type. It was a book of hours intended for Arabic-speaking Christians and presumably commissioned by Pope Julius II. It had 120 unnumbered pages. Some eight or nine copies are known to survive.[1]
The book is dated 12 September 1514, and was almost certainly printed by Gregorio di Gregorii, very probably in Venice, despite the colophonic attribution to Fano.[1]
The psalms used are those of the eleventh-century Melkite bishop, Abd Allah ibn al-Fadl.[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b c M. Krek, M. (1979). "The Enigma of the First Arabic Book Printed from Movable Type" (PDF). Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 38 (3): 203–212. doi:10.1086/372742.
Bibliography[]
- Hitti, Philip K. (November 1942). "The First Book Printed in Arabic". The Princeton University Library Chronicle. 4 (1): 5–9.
External links[]
- Article about the book at the
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- 16th-century books
- Arabic-language books