Moslem country. 'Horn book'. The Koran was first written on camel bones in this way.
Collection
Identifier
Hv46-248
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
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
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Harvard-Yenching Library, USA
