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tury. (For a description of the contents of the Koran, see p. 73.) 

 Jerusalem, Palestine. Bequest of S. S. Rowland. 



55. Manuscript qf the Koran. — Written in Arabic on vellum, in the 

 original binding of red leather. The pages are framed in gold Unes, 

 and small gold circles are scattered through the text. India (?). 

 (Cat. No. 158328, U.S.N.M.) 



56. Manuscript of the Koran. — Written in Arabic on paper. The 

 margins are decorated with red circles, with zigzag lines in black 

 inside of them. Defective at both ends. Masilay, Mindanao, 

 Philippine Islands. (Cat. No. 253691, U.S.N.M.) Transferred from 

 the War Department. 



57. The Koran. — Printed in Arabic on paper, bound in leather. 

 Fort Leopold, Congo, Africa. (Cat. No. 175020, U.S.N.M.) 



58-61. Four manuscript copies of the Koran. — Written in Arabic 

 on paper. Defective at both ends. Moros, Philippine Islands. 

 (Cat. No. 232248, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Col. Edgar A. Mearns, United 

 States Army. 



62-64. Three copies of the Koran. — Printed in Arabic. Defective 

 at both ends. Moros, Philippine Islands. (Cat. No. 232849, 

 U.S.N.M.) Gift of Col. Edgar A. Mearns, United States Army. 



65-67. Six leaves of manuscript of parts of the Koran. — 1 and 2. 

 Double leaf. Arabic. Written on vellum in black in Cufic callig- 

 raphy with red dots in Egypt during the Fatimid period in the 

 eleventh century. A similar specimen is said to be in the Metro- 

 politan Museum of Art in New York, and in the Museum of Fine 

 Art in Boston. 3. Persian. Written on vellum. On one side in 

 white on a blue ground, on the other in red on a cream-colored 

 ground. Framed in blue, gold, and red lines. Neskhi calligraphy. 

 Written by Mumud Ibn Kassim-al-Jani, of Kerman, Persia, in 

 1018 A. H. 1609 A. D. 4. Arabic. Black Thulath script, five 

 lines to the page. With rosettes in gold. Egypt, eleventh to 

 twelfth century. A similar specimen is said to be in the Metro- 

 politan Museum of Art in New York and in the Museum of Fine Art 

 in Boston. 5. Arabic in Cufic script on parchment. Egypt, eighth 

 to ninth century. 6. Arabic on veUum. Turkish Neskhi writing 

 of the seventeenth century. Richly ornamented in gold, red, and 

 blue on the margins and in the text. The headhne of Sura 

 LXXXIV is illuminated with floral scrolls on a gold and blue 

 ground. New York. (Cat. Nos. 315193-315197, U.S.N.M.) Gift 

 of Kirkor Minassian. 



68. Selections from the Koran. — Manuscript written on paper, richly 

 illuminated in red, green, and gold. In original binding of red leather, 

 with gilded toolings. Probably used as a book of devotions and medi- 

 tation. Washington, D. C. (Cat. No. 271701, U.S.N.M.) Gift of 

 .James Hunt. 



