Historical Photographs of China

Moslem country. 'Horn book'. The Koran was first written on camel bones in this way.

Moslem country. 'Horn book'. The Koran was first written on camel bones in this way.

Identifier

Hv46-248

Notes

Historical Photographs of China album reference: Hv46. Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr.'s trip to northwest China, part 1. Exhibitions: plate 26: ‘The daily lesson of a Moslem boy at a mosque school. The verse from the Koran is written on the shoulder blade of a camel until the student knows his lesson; this verse is then rubbed out and another takes its place. The Koran was originally written in such fashion.’ Access to original photographs and albums in the Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. Collection is restricted. Photographs and images from the collection may be reproduced only with written permission. Contact the Harvard-Yenching Library for permissions and fees. Further information about the library and ‘The Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. Collection on Muslims in China’: http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/harvard-yenching/collections/pickens/.

Location

Gansu

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Harvard-Yenching Library, USA