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

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 fī al-Radd ʿalā al-Muṣḥaf (“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 Qurʾan. 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-Qanṭara XVII, 1996).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsList of FiguresGeneral IntroductionIntroduction: The Conquest of the City of Granada and Its Aftermath1. 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 RomeThe translation work of Bartolomeo de Pettorano, the Vatican committees, and the condemnation of the Lead Books by Pope Innocent XI in 16825. Academic Studies on the Texts of the Parchment and the Lead Books6. Material Aspects and Script7. Style and Language8. Edition and Translation: Methodological Aspects9. Structure and Contents10. ConclusionsEdition and TranslationEdition and Translation of the Parchment of the Torre TurpianaEdition of the Lead BooksTranslation of the Lead BooksAppendix: Edition and Translation of a Report about Four Fragments of Lead Books Found in GranadaSources and BibliographyGeneral Index