The Folger is open this weekend (August 22-23). The roads directly around our building are not impacted by the Grand Prix race. For a list of road closures that may affect your travel route, visit the city government website.
This unusually large and extensively illuminated manuscript of the Islamic Holy Scripture contains not only the original Arabic text of the Holy Qur’an, but also the Tafsir al- Qur’an, which is an explanation of the Qu’ran. Completed in naskhī calligraphy on polished paper, the Qur’anic commentary is written horizontally, diagonally, and vertically. This specific copy contains information about the different interpretations of the Qur’an at important centers of Islamic learning, such as Mecca, Medina, Kufa, and Basra.
