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‘Criticisms, notes and disagreements against the foul Qur’an’ Ignazio Lomellini Date: 1622 Original Language: Latin (with Arabic) Description The manuscript of Lomellini’s work, consisting of 323 two-sided folios, is currently housed in the library of the University of Genoa. It was previously owned by the Orientalist Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838), who wrote a brief description in French that precedes the original text. It has been in Genoa University Library since at least 1846. If it is not the first, it is one…

Date of Birth: Around 1560 Place of Birth: Genoa Date of Death: 20 May 1645 Place of Death: Rome Biography Ignazio (originally Nicolò) Lomellini was born in about 1560 into the distinguished Lomellini albergo, one of the 28 extended clans that had long played a key role in the political life of Genoa. The Lomellini gained ducal status in 1538, and were among the albergi that equipped war galleys at their own expense during the action against the Turks in the 1570s. Ignazio Lomellini was probably the son of Carlo Lomellini and Maddelena Brignole (also of a no…

Paul Shore [email protected] Last modified: November 2016  During the Years of SuppressionAfter having been expelled from many European countries and from their colonial empires, the Jesuits were suppressed by the papal breve Domi…