paper fragments
Mecca
16th Century
Source: Sara Scalenghe, "Public Insults and Undoing Shame: Censoring the Blighted Body," in Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World (Edinburgh University Press, 2014), pp. 110-129.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"seized his book, tore up the pages and washed the paper fragments at a mosque."
Remarks
The paper support for the 1541 manuscript was subjected to deliberate destruction. The pages were torn into fragments and 'purified' through ritual ablutions at a mosque (p. 121-122). This treatment of the paper was intended to neutralize the 'unIslamic' content of the manuscript, which was viewed as damaging to the social and moral order of Mecca (p. 122). The text notes that this practice of handling problematic texts was consistent with earlier legal precedents regarding the disposal of falsehoods (p. 122).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Visual observation
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typepaper fragments
RegionMecca
Approx. Year1550
Source Information
AuthorSara Scalenghe, "Public Insults and Undoing Shame: Censoring the Blighted Body," in Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World
CollectionMecca
Language
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