Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

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.

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(؟

Provenance

Ex 4342/Mus. Obj. 5038. Gift of Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer, Hune 1943.

OCLC

122711714

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