al-Qurʼān
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- al-Qurʼān
- Alternative title:
- Qurʼān xxiii:19-34, xxiv:60-xxix:69,xxx:17-xxxii:6
- Date:
- 10th or 11th century AD /4th or 5th century Hijri
- Description:
- Fragment of an Abbasid Qur'ān probably written in the third or fourth century H. / ninth or tenth century C.E, containing verses 19-34 from Sura al-Muʾminūn (سورة المؤمنون), the complete Sura al-Furqān (سورة الفرقان), Sura al-Shuʿarāʾ (سورة الشعراء), Sura al-Naml (سورة النمل) , Sura al-Qaṣaṣ (سورة القصص), Sura al-,Ankabūt (سورة العنكبوت), verses 17-60 from Sura al-Rūm (سورة الروم), te complete Sura Luqmān (سورة لقمان), and verses 1-6 from Sura al-Sajda (سورة السجدة) . Folios 2-10 and 44 are missing.Layout: 17 lines per pageScript: The script seems to correspond to the Abbasid Style C II 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: 23.0 cm, width: 16.6 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.1139
- Format:
- Codex
- Is part of:
- Oriental Manuscrupts: Islamic Manuscripts Collection
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran