Middle East and Islamic Studies Collections: an Exhibition of Treasures
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A leaf from a facsimile copy of an early Koran
A leaf from a Kufic Koran
Title Koran.
Samarkandsk¯ii kufichesk¯ii Koran, po predan¯iiu pisannyi
sobstvennoruchno tretim khalifom Osmanom (644-656) i nakhodiashch¯iisia
v Imperatorskoi S-Peterburgskoi publichnoi bibl¯iotekie / izdano
pri S-Peterburgskom arkheologicheskom institut S. Iv. Pisarevym ... Coran
coufique de Samarcand, écrit d'après la tradition de la
propre main du troisième calife Osman (644-656) qui se trouve dans
la Bibliothèque impériale publique de St. Petersbourg ...
Imprint St. Petersbourg : par S. Pissaref, 1905.
Physical Details: 706 p. : facsims. ; 52 x 70 cm.
Notes: Text in Arabic; illuminated.
One of an edition of 50 copies.
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