Asain Palacios, Miguel, 1871-1944.

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.


Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 --Sources.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 --Knowledge--Literature.


Legends, Islamic.
Eschatology.
Literature, Comparative--Arabic and Italian.
Literature, Comparative--Italian and Arabic.

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