Rare Golden Quran Featured at Sharjah Book Fair
Produced on special order, each page of the golden Quran is made from fine gold and copies are being published and sold at the book fair by Adeva, a fine art facsimile publishing company based in Vienna, Austria.
“We have only a few copies of the golden Quran because it’s made especially based on order,” Adeva’s President Michael Struzl said, adding that a copy has already been ordered by Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, worth Dh400,000.
The original copy of the golden Quran, which was made 900 years ago at the Calligraphy School of Ibn Al Bawwab, is preserved at the Bavarian State Library in Munich, Germany.
Another replica of the Holy Quran that was written by a king in Morocco 800 years ago is also available to customers visiting the fair. This copy of the Quran was written by a king to another king on the occasion of his accession to the throne, said Struzl, adding that the original is preserved by Palestinian authorities at Al Aqsa Museum.
Participating at the SIBF for the fifth time, Struzl explained that most original copies are national treasures of their country of origin, and are not for sale.
“We sell different manuscripts that are handwritten and have never been printed before so that people can own an exact copy of original texts from hundreds of years ago,” said Struzl.
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Source: Zawya
