Yale University: Illuminated and Ordinary - Exhibition Explores the World of Islamic Manuscripts
March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 13 -- Yale University issued the following news release:
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Illuminated and ordinary: Exhibition explores the world of Islamic manuscripts
By Mike Cummings
In 1807, Omar ibn Said, an itinerant Islamic scholar in West Africa, was taken prisoner during a military conflict and enslaved. About 37 years old at the time of his enslavement, he survived the Middle Passage to the United States and subsequently escaped en . . .
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Illuminated and ordinary: Exhibition explores the world of Islamic manuscripts
By Mike Cummings
In 1807, Omar ibn Said, an itinerant Islamic scholar in West Africa, was taken prisoner during a military conflict and enslaved. About 37 years old at the time of his enslavement, he survived the Middle Passage to the United States and subsequently escaped en . . .