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Publish date10 Jul 2023 - 14:03
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17th century Qur’an held in UK’s oldest library

The oldest public library of English-speaking world hosts a medium-sized gold embroidered manuscript of the Quran, the holy book of Islam, dating back to 1610.
17th century Qur’an held in UK’s oldest library
Kept in private collections, the date 1747 is visible in Latin on the edge of the Quran said to be written down by someone who owned it that year.

The library is also popular due to attributions to the communist philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in 1845.

Chetham’s Library in the UK, the oldest public library in native English countries, also holds some of the world’s historical manuscripts and archives.

The library was founded in 1653 in the world’s first industrial city Manchester under the will of Humphrey Chetham, a prosperous Manchester textile merchant, banker, and landowner.

Chetham’s Library began acquiring books in August 1655 and has since been adding to its collections.
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Quran Chetham’s Library UK
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