Islam and the Divine comedy,
by Miguel Asin ... translated and abridged by Harold Sunderland.
- London, J. Murray, 1926.
- xxv, 295 p. diagrs. 23 cm.
Translation of La escatologia musulmana en la Divina comedia.
"Bibliographical index": p. 278-287.
The legend of the nocturnal journey and ascension of Mahomet compared with the Divine comedy.--The divine comedy compared with other Moslem legends on the after-life.--Moslem features in the Christian legends precursory of the Divine comedy.--Probability of the transmission of Islamic models to Christian Europe and particularly to Dante.