A selection of works from Brown’s collections will be on display at the John Hay Library as part of an exhibition entitled “Turning Points: Bridging Intellectual Gaps Between the West and the Middle East in Early Modern Europe.” The rare items on display include Al-Makîn’s work: Tarîkh al-Muslimin, the first history of the Muslim religion written by a non-Muslim; Samuel Purchas’ Relations of the World and the Religions …, a seminal text in the study of Islam; and the first English language translation of the Koran by George Sale.
The John Hay Library is open 9 to 6, Monday through Friday and 1 to 5PM on Sundays. For more information contact Hay@brown.edu.