/internal/media/dispatcher/1330856/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailQur'an in a leather satchel1900-1913Overall: 7.5 x 21 x 23.5 cm (2 15/16 x 8 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 22.9 x 16.8 cm (9 x 6 5/8 in.)Ink and color on paper; satchel, leatherDenman Waldo Ross Collection15.132a-b0Qur'an, 347 folios in stamped red leather cover, West African (or 'Ajami') script, 16 lines to a page, rubricated, with colored ornaments. European paper with "tres lunes" watermarks (some with faces). In ornamented leather satchel. Like other Northern Nigerian manuscripts, the folios are loose.Books and manuscripts7.500000000022.860045720123.500000000022948401