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A Project in the History of the BookWorkshop, February 22-23, 2013, Penn Museum, Classroom 2.This copy of the Qur’an (Penn Museum NEP27) has a colophon page, frequentlyreproduced in handbooks,  dating its copying  to H559/ 1164CE in Hamadhan.A detailed examination of the codex was carried out by a seminar oncodicology held in spring 2012. The codex  presents interesting case of book‘restoration’ that must be closely examined as it points to a complexhistory of usage.  An examination thus far reveals that there were severalinterventions to the integrity of the original;  many folios bear majorrepairs, patches and replacements.  The following aspects of the codex willbe presented to a panel of experts and participating workshop attendees.Workshop leaders:Renata Holod (History of Art Dept. and Penn Museum)Yael Rice (Amherst College)Presenters:§  Alex Brey, Structuring the Word: The Sura Headings and Verse Markers ofNEP-27§  Emily Neumeier, Competing Ideologies in the Paleography of NEP-27§  V.K. Inman, The Text of NEP-27§  Elias Saba, Explaining, Interpreting, and Clarifying the Qur'an: The"Commentary" on NEP 27§  Elliott Brooks, NEP-27's Frontispiece and its Comparanda§  Raha Rafii, Intersections of Design and Epigraphy in the Colophon andFinispiece of NEP-27§  Agnieszka Szymanska, The Mise-en-page of NEP-27§  Quintana Heathman, Investigating Interventions: The Papers of NEP-27§  Michael Falcetano, Verse Markers and their variationsConsultants:Nourrane Benazzouna, Abou Dhabi/ParisFrançois Déroche, Bibliotheque Nationale de FranceDavid Roxburgh, Harvard UniversityM. Shreve Simpson, University of PennsylvaniaSergei Tourkin, Mc Gill UniversityTo Register:The registration website (http://sites.sas.upenn.edu/NEP27wksp) withdetailed program and abstracts will be launching next week. Since space islimited to thirty (30), please register for participation by February 10,2013.Accommodations:We have held rooms at the Club Quarters(http://www.clubquarters.com/loc_philadelphia.php) for your convenience.If you wish to stay there, please call or email Club Quarters to confirm nolater than January 22nd.