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Barquq’s Holy Quran Restored to Former Glory

23 Thursday Jan 2014

Posted by StudiesIslamica in Manuscripts - Egypt

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Barquq Quran

Following three years of fine restoration work, the Holy Quran transcribed during the reign of the first Burji Mameluk Sultan Malik Al-Zahir Seif El-Din Barquq regains its original splendour. The 412 page-Holy Quran is very large, with each page 105 centimetres tall and 79 centimetres wide. It is decorated with golden leaf and lapis lazuli decorations and contains all the signs and symbols used in Quranic recitation.

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