Michaelides Fragments: Arabic : Letter + pen exercises
Michaelides Fragments: Arabic
<p style='text-align: justify;'><a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(1);return false;'>Recto:</a> The original text appears to be an account of some kind. It contains references to Fusṭāṭ and to a cadastral survey (مساحة). The upper script does not contain any coherent text but consists only of pen exercises. Text opens, after basmala: اطال الله بقاك و جعلت فداك. The writer refers to a servant (غلام). <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(2);return false;'>Verso:</a> Pen exercises in the same script as on the recto. These include various letter formulae. </p>