Wow, fascinating story. Makes you wonder what other books are laying hidden away in corners of some of these buildings.
And to think it was sat in Birmingham of all places! Pretty much Muslim central for the UK. They'll see this as a sign for sure!
' Wrote:The manuscript is part of the Mingana Collection of more than 3,000 Middle Eastern documents gathered in the 1920s by Alphonse Mingana, a Chaldean priest born near Mosul in modern-day Iraq.
He was sponsored to take collecting trips to the Middle East by Edward Cadbury, who was part of the chocolate-making dynasty.
And to think it was sat in Birmingham of all places! Pretty much Muslim central for the UK. They'll see this as a sign for sure!