The Alims, or men of learning, continued to teach children secretly at homes, using old Arabic books.
Al-Ibriz, Arabic book, pages 7, 8, 41 and 213.
Achmet is an adaptation of an Arabic book to the tastes of a European readership.
It brings the possibility to create sophisticated Arabic literary and academic books as well as shape prose and poetry.
Another important aspect of this translation is that work will be the first translation to another language of Arabic book.
Until then, he had read "hundreds of Arabic books and never encountered a readiness to make peace."
This was one of the first Arabic books ever printed.
He also proofread the Arabic books that came out of its press.
"And what was an Arabic book doing in Severinus's laboratory?"
"But why should he have called an Arabic book strange?"