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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Manuscript Qur'an Folios, WLU Coll. 0591, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased in 2013

Scope and Contents

This collection contains two single leaves from early manuscript (calligraphic) copies of the Qur'an (Koran) and two leaves from a manuscript copy of Dala'il al-Khayrat, a book of prayers for the prophet Muhammad by Moroccan Sufi scholar Muhammad ibn Sulayman Jazuli. Each leaf is written in Arabic. One Qu'ran leaf is from the Ottoman Period (c. 1847 AD) and retains its gold and color illumination. Its text contains the first sixteen verses of the Surat Al - Bagarah (the Cow). The second leaf likely dates to the 19th century and is also illuminated and contains the first twelve verses of Surat Al - Ghafir (the Forgiver). The two manuscript leaves of the Dala'il Al - Khayrat both predate the 20th century and include text framed by colored borders of red and purple.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic
• Islam -- Manuscripts
• Jazuli, Muhammad ibn Sulayman, 1404-1465
• Manuscripts
• Manuscripts, Arabic
• Qur'an
• Sufi literature