The Lead Books of the Sacromonte and the Parchment of the Torre Turpiana: Granada, 1588-1606

General Introduction, Critical Edition, and Translation
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-68085-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 177, 600 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1151 g

Reihe: Numen Book Series / Texts and Sources in the History of Religions

The Archive of the Sacromonte Abbey in Granada preserves a historical treasure: Arabic texts on a sheet of parchment and on numerous small tablets of lead, which were discovered in Granada at the end of the sixteenth century in the tower of the old Friday Mosque and in caves of the "Valparaíso" hillock, from then on called "Sacromonte". They became the object of heated discussions in Europe and were condemned by the Pope in 1682. The texts are among the very last literary productions of the Moriscos, the Andalusi Muslims, many of whom continued to practice Islam in secret until their expulsion from Spain between 1609 and 1614. With the permission of the archbishop of Granada, we offer, for the first time in history, a study, edition, translation, and images of all the tablets and shed new light on the fascinating religious messages of these enigmatic texts and their authors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wiegers, Gerard A

Koningsveld, P S van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

List of Figures

General Introduction

Introduction: The Conquest of the City of Granada and Its Aftermath

1. The ‘Discovery’ of the Parchment of the Turpiana Tower, the Plates and the First Seven Lead Books (1588–1596)

2. The ‘Discovery’ of Lead Books 10–19 (1597–1599)

3. Lead Books 20–22 and the Evaluation Process in Spain (1600–1643)

4. The Lead Books in Rome

The translation work of Bartolomeo de Pettorano, the Vatican committees, and the condemnation of the Lead Books by Pope Innocent XI in 1682

5. Academic Studies on the Texts of the Parchment and the Lead Books

6. Material Aspects and Script

7. Style and Language

8. Edition and Translation: Methodological Aspects

9. Structure and Contents

10. Conclusions

Edition and Translation

Edition and Translation of the Parchment of the Torre Turpiana

Edition of the Lead Books

Translation of the Lead Books

Appendix: Edition and Translation of a Report about Four Fragments of Lead Books Found in Granada

Sources and Bibliography

General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pieter Sjoerd van Koningsveld, Ph.D. (1976), Leiden University, was until his retirement Professor of Islamic Studies at that university. He published widely on Al-Andalus and the history of Muslim minorities in Europe as well as on modern Islam. He passed away in 2021. His last monograph was entitled An Arabic Source of Ramon Martí. Al-Saif al-Murhaf fi al-Radd 'ala al-Mushaf (“The Whetted Sword in Refutation of the Koran”). Introductory Study with Text and Translation of its Surviving Fragments (Leiden: Aurora, 2018).

Gerard Albert Wiegers, Ph.D. (1991), Leiden University, is Professor of History and Comparative Religious Studies at the University of Amsterdam. He has published widely on the history of Muslim-Jewish-Christian relations and Muslim minorities in Europe. His most recent publication (co-edited with Mercedes García-Arenal) is entitled The Iberian Qur'an. From the Middle Ages to Modern Times (Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022).

The two authors cooperated for many years in the study of the Arabic and Romance writings (often in Arabic script, Aljamiado) of the Muslim minorities in Medieval and Early Modern Christian Iberia. Their publications in this field have appeared in books and international peer-reviewed journals, such as, for example, their article ‘The Islamic Statute of the Mudejars in the Light of a New Source’ (Al-Qantara XVII, 1996).