Italian Oriental scholar and professor of Arabic
Ludovico Marracci
For the Italian Roman Catholic prelate (1945–2023), see
Luigi Marrucci .
Ludovico Marracci (6 October 1612 – 5 February 1700), also known by Luigi Marracci ,[ 1] was an Italian Oriental scholar and professor of Arabic in the College of Wisdom at Rome .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
He is chiefly known as the publisher and editor of Quran of Muhammad in Arabic. He is also well known for translating Quran in Latin , editing an Arabic Bible translation, and numerous other works.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 6]
^ Sir Edward Denison Ross , after 1877, Introduction to Sale's translation . The name is sometimes anglicized Louis or Lewis .
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