The Bryce Miniature Qur’an and Its Travels Across the Globe Mira Xenia Schwerda Synopsis: This talk focuses on a miniature Qur’an executed in golden ink and housed in a metal locket, now held in the collection of the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh. This Qur’an may look like a manuscript, but…
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Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh: Provenance
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh: Provenance Eleanor Lucy Deacon Synopsis: In this talk, Lucy Deacon explores the provenance of the substantial fragment of Rashid al-Din’s Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), dating to the early 14th century CE and held by the University of Edinburgh’s Heritage Collections (Or Ms 20). She considers both the marks of custodial history within the manuscript…
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh: Images of the Prophet
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh: Images of the Prophet Christiane Gruber Synopsis: Rashid al-Din’s Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) is considered the first universal history ever written. The Edinburgh University Library preserves an exceedingly rare and precious illustrated manuscript copy of this text made in 1307–14 CE and thus dating to the author’s time. Its cycle of paintings…