Qur'an Board

19th century

27.6 cm 52 cm 1 cm

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From an early age, Muslims are encouraged to memorize the Qur'an. By adulthood, many can recite long passages, if not the entire text. In Qur'anic schools across northern Africa, students commit verses of the Qur'an to memory by writing them on Qur'an boards, or "lawh." Faint...

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Sam Fogg, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by purchase.
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