Early Qur'anic Manuscripts in the Mingana Collection
- Location
- The Cadbury Research Library, Muirhead Tower
- Dates
- Thursday 28 November 2013 (13:00-14:00)
- Contact
Email: special-collections@bham.ac.uk
Alba Fedeli, doctoral researcher in ITSEE, investigates how a few early Qur’anic fragments came from Egypt to Birmingham when Edward Cadbury opened a new library for the city in the 1930s. This talk accompanies the exhibition 'Calligraphy in the Islamic World' at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (2 November 2013 - 26 January 2014)
Free talk but please reserve your place special-collections@bham.ac.uk