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Qur'an
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mssHM 76712
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Qur'an
Manuscripts
The auction description, which accompanies the manuscripts, states that the manuscript was written by an enslaved person of Mungo Park, Scottish explorer of West Africa.
mssHM 1114
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Qur'an
Manuscripts
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Qur'an
Manuscripts
An 18th century Arabic manuscript of the Qur'an written between ornamental gold lines upon bombycine paper. All of the 390 leaves have wide borders of flowers and foliage in gold. Dated Rajab A.H. 1233.
mssHM 1108
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John Hexham survey of the lande of Thomas Hunston Esquier in Walpole
Manuscripts
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mssHM 84132
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mssHM 1115