Islam and the Divine comedy /

by Miguel Asin ... translated and abridged by Harold Sunderland.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Asín Palacios, Miguel, 1871-1944.
Contributors: Sunderland, Harold.
Format: Book
Language:English
Spanish
Published / Created: London : J. Murray, 1926.
Subjects:
Notes:Translation of La escatologia musulmana en la Divina comedia.

"Bibliographical index": p. 278-287.

Physical description: xxv, 295 p. : ill ; 23 cm.

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Table of Contents:
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.