Slotkin, Stanley S.

Islamic principles leaf, 1277

Item — Box 2: Series 1500.019; Series 1500.019.2; Series 1500.019.3 [Barcode: 000021852251], Folder: 34

Identifier: 1500.019.2.034

Scope and Contents

Leaf from a book of Islamic principles according to Shafi'i beliefs written by El Sharkaway Aly El Tahrir. On machine-made paper.

Dates: 1277

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Medieval-era manuscripts and incunabula, Undated / Other manuscript and printed pages, post-1500

Koran leaf, circa 1207

Item — Box 2: Series 1500.019; Series 1500.019.2; Series 1500.019.3 [Barcode: 000021852251], Folder: 1

Identifier: 1500.019.2.001

Scope and Contents

The writer spent 22 years of his life working on the book from which this leaf came. Almost every color is used in addition to solid gold leaf. He finished his work at 4:00 pm in the afternoon, March 22, 1207. The red lettering is in Persian, and the black words are Arabic. The book was found in Tehran, Iran in 1952 by Stanley S. Slotkin, and before disassembly was appraised for $25,000.

Dates: circa 1207