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              UVICSP SC119 · Collection · ca. 1000-1790

              The collection consists of six items:
              1) En'am-i Serif [Turkish calligraphic manuscript].- consists of several chapters of the Qur'an, Arabic and Ottoman and Turkish prayers, calligraphic rondels and seals, hilyes, and miniature paintings of the Kaba, the Prophet's Mosque at Medina, his personal belongings such as his cloak, prayer beads etc., his hand and foot print and similar images. Special Collections had slides made of this manuscript. A second set of these slides is available in the Slide Library (History in Art Dept.).

              2) al-Jazri, Mohammed. - consists of a single leaf from an 18th century religious manuscript, "Hassi Hasin" (Prayer and Contemplation). It is written in Arabic (probably in Turkey) in the Nashki hand. It may be an Ishmaeli text. It is illuminated, gilded and decorated with a floral motif.

              3) Firdawsi. Shah Nameh. consists of a single leaf from an 18th century copy.

              4) Koran. India. 17th -18th century?

              5) Koran. China. 17th -18th century?

              6) Maghribi Qur'an (Koran) Bifolium. Late 10th or 11th century. Kufic script.