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African Qur'an Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS 00093
Scope and Contents
Unbound manuscript of the Qur'an (after 1869) with a leather shoulder bag (undated). Consists of about 700 pages with each page containing about 12 lines of script. Written in Arabic with African decorations throughout. The number of "ayahs" in this volume is a variant from Eastern or Ottoman contemporary Qur'ans. All of the verses are separated by three small circles in the form of a pyramid and every tenth verse is separated by two concentric circles.The manuscript is...
Dates:
after 1869
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Illuminated Islamic Scroll
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS 00128
Content Description
1.5 in wide scroll with handwritten Islamic print and hand drawn illustrations. The illustrations are colored and illuminated. The end of the scroll is attached to leather which was used to protect the paper roll.
Dates:
unknown
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Qur'an Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: SC 00447
Content Description
Qur'an handwritten in Arabic with floral decoration on the first page. It may have been produced in China.
Dates:
unknown
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center