Where Wicked Muhammad Came From

In the introduction to their Latin edition and English translation, Julian Yolles and Jessica Weiss refer to the text as Where Wicked Muhammad Came From, or Qualiter for short.

[5] In the days of the apostles there was a man by the name of Nicolas, who was false and wicked in every way; nonetheless, he was one of the seven deacons, just as the traitor Judas had been one of Christ's disciples.

[7] In order to effect his master's vengeance, Maurus recruited a young camelherd named Muhammad, promising to make him a king.

[7] Maurus and Muhammad then wrote a book of doctrine enjoining circumcision, ablution, polygamy, sodomy and Friday prayers while forbidding belief in the Trinity.

[9] The book was then laid in Muhammad's lap by the other tamed bull while the dove appeared on his shoulder as if a messenger from God for its interpretation.

[7] At first, Muhammad permitted Christians and Jews to live in a separate quarter in the same city, but as the power of his followers grew he began to initiate wars against his neighbours.

[10] He was increasingly given over to lust, having sexual relations with both boys and girls of all faiths, relationships he often disguised with the claim that he was in heaven speaking with God.

[12]Wicked Muhammad is a polemical anti-Islamic work containing a mix of outrageous legends and "some knowledge of Muslim practice".

[2] It is of interest primarily for the original way its author has weaved together various strands of Muhammad traditions current in western Europe into a coherent narrative.

[2] Wicked Muhammad is known from a single copy, now manuscript 50 in the Biblioteca Cateriniana del Seminario Arcivescovile in Pisa.

[2] The story of Muhammad's night journey and ascension points to an Iberian origin, since this story was well known there by the 13th century through a variety of texts, including the Liber denudationis, the Vita Mahometi of Uncastillo, the Historia Arabum of Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada and the Primera Crónica General.