Piece N° 027Antique Objects and Craft
Antique Quranic tablet, Morocco
€185 / piece
Ask about this pieceWitnesses to a centuries-old tradition, wooden Quranic tablets were used in traditional schools to learn Arabic writing and to memorise verses of the Quran.
- Material
- Wood
- Dimensions
- 49 cm × 31 cm
- Nature
- Antique
About this piece
Pupils wrote their lessons on them in ink, then washed them off to begin again. Repeated lesson after lesson, this gesture gradually marked the wood and gave it its singular patina, the imprint of time and use.
With its worn surface and old fastenings, this tablet recalls a heritage in which knowledge passed from generation to generation. Today it finds a new place as a collector’s piece, full of history and memory.
