Counterfeit Qu’ranic fragments, circa 1990s-2010s

Physical description: 0.04 linear feet (1 folder containing two one-leaf fragments and one fragment comprised of 4 bifolia)

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Call number	Note	Status
MISC 1613		In-library use

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Subjects: Qurʼan > Manuscripts > Forgeries; Manuscripts, Arabic > Forgeries; Paleography, Arabic (Cufic) > Forgeries; Forgery of manuscripts
Genre: Counterfeits.

Bibliographic information

Earliest possible date: 1990
Latest possible date: 2019
Note: Counterfeit manuscripts designed to look like early manuscripts in Kufic script; Identified as counterfeit by Éléonore Cellard. See article on page 33 of https://www.fdr.uni-hamburg.de/record/627#.Y9NaiiWIYWM
Access: Open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Source: Anonymous gift, 2007. Transferred to manuscripts, 2010. Accession 2010-036.

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