Loose manuscript fragments
MS. Wilkinson dep. d. 126
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Loose manuscript fragments
Shelfmark
MS. Wilkinson dep. d. 126
Summary
Loose manuscript fragments, 9th-18th cent.(?), comprising:
(fols. 1-3) extracts from the Koran in Kufic script on parchment, with red and gilt pointing, 9th cent.(?) (with labels indicating that they were found in the mosque of Amr in Cairo by Murad Bey)
(fol. 4) fragment in Syriac on parchment, with some lettering in red, 14th-15th cent.(?)
(fols. 5-9) miscellaneous papers in Coptic, mostly with Arabic parallel translation(?)
(fol. 10) leaf in cryptographic script, 18th cent.(?).
Date
9th-18th cent.(?)
Language
English
Physical extent
10 Leaves
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Collection contents
Archive of Sir John Gardner Wilkinson
General academic and antiquarian papers
Oriental manuscripts acquired by Wilkinson
Loose manuscript fragments
