al-Qurʼān
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- al-Qurʼān
- Date:
- Probably 4th-5th century AH / 10th-11th century CE
- Description:
- Fragments of an early Qurʼān written in the Maghrib or al-Andalus in the fourth or fifth century A.H. / tenth or eleventh century C.E. The manuscript has the characteristic square format of the Western tradition and is written in Maghribi script.Layout: 16 lines to the page
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Provenance:
- Bought from Professor E.H. Palmer Palmer, Edward Henry, 1840-1882 and E.E. Tyrwhitt Drake Tyrwhitt Drake, E.E. in 1878.
- Medium:
- Parchment
- Extent:
- Leaf: (height: 12 cm, width: 12.5 cm)
Written: (height: 8.5 cm, width: 8.2 cm) - Publisher:
- Cambridge University Library
- Rights:
- Images made available for download are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC 3.0)
This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. - Identifier:
- MS Add.1142
- Format:
- Codex
- Is part of:
- Oriental Manuscrupts: Islamic Manuscripts Collection
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran