ANCIENT QURAN AVAILABLE ON INTERNET
Associated Press, 9/4/02
LONDON (AP) - The British Library has digitally recorded a treasured
700-year-old Quran so Internet users can see it and read highlights.
The national library announced Wednesday that the ancient holy book,
known as Sultan Baybars’ Quran, joins texts from Christianity,
Judaism and Buddhism in its ``Turning the Pages’’ project, which
aims to widen access to the major religious volumes in its
collection.
Viewers will be able to see highlights from the full seven volumes
of the work by touching a computer monitor - either in the library
or on its website.
An audio commentary explains important parts of the book and
onlookers can zoom in on a particular detail by tapping the screen.
The work, written in gold in Arabic dates from 1304 to 1306 and was
produced for the Mamluk ruler of Egypt, Rukn al-Din Baybars al-
Jashnagir.
On the Net:
British Library:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/treasures.html