Item Summary

Shoulder blade (scapula) of a camel on which is inscribed the Fātiḥa in black ink. Unrefined script; text not vocalized. This item is of the type from which sections of the Koran were collected and compiled in the eighth century C.E. Items of this type continued in use in North Africa into this century.

Descriptive Information

Title
[القرآن. سورة 1].
Transliterated Title
[al-Qurʾān. Sūrah 1].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 295
Identifier
ark:/88435/cj82kh77x
Publisher
[18--]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800
Format
Manuscript
Extent
Camel scapula (11 lines); 37.1 x 17.2 cm.
Provenance
Ex 4342/Mus. Obj. 5038. Gift of Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer, Hune 1943.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
On verso in red: Musqaṭ 1930 (193a?) Dr. Zwemer.
Accession numbers located in joint socket.
Incipit:بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين ...
Explicit:صراط التى انعمتها على (؟) غير المغضوب عليهم من ورا (؟) الضال[ين] امين. صورت الفاتح[ة][؟]جون اوحي(؟)هو تالد غلاقه(؟

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
3

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/af1c9996-5577-4d93-ba24-60c8c1b1ee87/manifest