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- Alternative Title:
- MS Leaf on Vellum from a Qur'an, North Africa
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Qurʼan
- Creator:
- Contributor:
- Location:
- Language:
- ara
- Date Created:
- 900s
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (fee for reproductions). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Identifier:
- Shelf Mark: MS Victoria 1992-037-1
- Extent:
- 1 leaf ; 22.5 x 16.5 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- North Africa
- Coordinates:
- 32.95337, 9.97559
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Written In Dark Brown Kufic Script, Vowels In Red Dots. Text: Surah 54, vv. 17-32 [from Maggs Bros. export license] Mounted between two pieces of cardboard, using paper hinges. Clear plastic in cut-out of top piece of cardboard allows viewing. Leaf has several holes plus somewhat ragged edges; some text is affected.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
- Provenance:
- Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection, officially transferred to the University of Victoria on June 27th, 1996. Earlier provenance: Acquired through Maggs Bros. Rare Books, London, April 1992, who gave as the ultimate origin of the fragment ‘North Africa’.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- manuscripts (documents) and fragments (object portions)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1992-037, Item: 1
- Fonds Title:
- Bruce and Dorothy Brown collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC017
- Is Referenced By:
- Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ms-victoria-1992-037-1.php, Fragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-35el, and Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/bruce-and-dorothy-brown-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2012-02-23
- Transcript:
- Description and Transcription by Sohrab Mosahebi as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin, June 2022 available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/assets/docs/mosahebi_quran_and_shahnameh.pdf
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by KD.