al-Qurʼān
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- al-Qurʼān
- Alternative title:
- Qurʼān xxii:62-xxxvi:27
- Date:
- 9th or 10th century AD /4rd or 4th century Hijri
- Description:
- Fragment of an Abbasid Qur'ān probably written in the third or fourth century A.H. / ninth or tenth century C.E, containing verses 62-78 from Sura al-Ḥajj (سورة الحج), the complete Sura al-Muʾminūn (سورة المؤمنون), verses 1-64 from Sura al-Nūr (سورة النور),verses 1-62 Sura al-Rūm (سورة الروم) verses 1-16 from Sura Luqmān (سورة لقمان) , verses 12-30 from Sura al-Sajda (سورة السجدة), the complete Sura al-Aḥzāb (سورة الأحزاب), Sura Sabaʾ (سورة سبإ), and Sura Fāṭir (سورة فاطر), and verses 1-27 from Sura Yā-Sīn (سورة يس). Folios 1, 21-62, 69-71, 80, 96-100 are missing.Layout: 9 lines per pageScript: The script seems to correspond to the Abbasid Style E as described by François Deroche.
- 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.
- Extent:
- Written: (height: 15.2 cm, width: 9.5 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.1137
- Format:
- Codex
- Is part of:
- Oriental Manuscrupts: Islamic Manuscripts Collection
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran