Manuscript

90-8-1

From: Egypt | Cairo

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 90-8-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Islamic
Provenience Egypt | Cairo
Locus Ameer Mosq
Date Made 700-899
Section Egyptian
Materials Vellum | Ink
Iconography Koran
Inscription Language Arabic Language
Description

Vellum or parchment fragment-evidence of burns, tears, creases and resin deposits; brown-black script. Koran fragment written in Arabic/Tufic script.

Length 25.3 cm
Width 16.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Gloucester County Historical Society, New Jersey, 1990

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