Sanjak Koran
Contents
Contains the Qu'ran.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
220 leaves
Language of Materials
Arabic
Material
Paper manuscript in exquisitely fine hand. Bound in [eastern] oriental leather stamped in gold. Slightly defective at beginning and end. The leaves are octagonal in shape. The writing is enclosed in a circle.
Octagonal shape
Jake Benson, Haverford bindery intern, states (1995):
This is probably a 'Sanjak' Qu'ran. A Sanjak is a flag or battle standard. This Qu'ran would have been attached to the flag or the pole, as a talisman. It's missing the first two pages. Mamluk?"
Extent
Outside diameter is 2 3/4 inches.
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