The "Mahdiyya" Qur'an
- From: J Flenner <varney@[redacted]>
- Subject: The "Mahdiyya" Qur'an
- Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:10:32 -0400
From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007.
http://scout.wisc.edu/
October 5, 2007
The "Mahdiyya" Qur'an
http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/mahdiyya-quran/index.shtml
A number of institutions such as the British Library and the Library of
Congress have made a sustained effort over the past few years to digitize
important religious documents. These digitization projects are rather
important to religious scholars and theologians, and many members of the
web-browsing public will find them engaging and illuminating. The
University of Leeds has been doing some of this work as well, and they
recently digitized the important Mahdiyya copy of the Qur'an. Professor
Roger Boyle was one of those responsible for this fine work, and visitors to
the site can learn more about the document and the digitization process
within the "About the manuscript" section offered here. Visitors can
begin their journey through the work by clicking on "The data" section and
browsing through the various pages. The site is rounded out by a nice
selection of external links and a publication listing. [KMG]