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THE EVOLUTION OF READING AIDS WITHIN THE MU~I;IAF 113
Additional refmements were subsequently devised, in the form of special
markers for every fifth and/or tenth ayah.
Figure 8.9: A MUJ~riffrom the second century A.H. with a
special marker on every tenth ayah (second linefrom the top).
Courtesy if National Archive Museum if Yemen.
Figure 8.10: This MUJ~riffrom the third century A.H. hasa markerfor everyfifth
ayah (third linefrom the top) in the shape if agolden teardrop) andanotherfor every
tenth ayah (third linefrom bottom). All other ayahs are separated by a triangular
arrangement. By permission if the British Library) manuscript Or. 1397)j 15b.
