Kitab Salat as-Sawai

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]

Kitābu ṣalāti s-sawā'ī
A copy of Kitābu ṣalāti s-sawā'ī at the Senior Library of Oxford University's Lincoln College.
Original titleكتاب 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

France

United Kingdom

Germany

Netherlands

Spain

  • Biblioteca Histórica Marqués de Valdecilla, Madrid

Sweden

Egypt

United States

References
  1. مبتدا (4 September 2019). "كاهن يطالب الكنيسة بالاحتفال بمرور 505 أعوام على طباعة أول كتاب عربى". www.mobtada.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. Torres Santo Domingo, Nuria (1 September 2014). "500 años del primer libro impreso en caracteres móviles árabes. 500 years of the first Arabic printed book by movable type" (PDF). Pecia Complutense. 11 (21): 1–20. ISSN 1698-272X.
  3. "Recently catalogued: an enigma in the Senior Library | Lincoln College Oxford". lincoln.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. "Printing History in the Arabic-Speaking World · Yale University Library Online Exhibitions". onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. 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. S2CID 162374182.
  6. Smitshuijzen AbiFarès, Huda (2001). Arabic typography a comprehensive sourcebook. p. 45. ISBN 0-86356-347-3. OCLC 1185527233.
  7. 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. S2CID 162374182.

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