al-Qurʼān
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- al-Qurʼān
- Alternative title:
- Qurʼān liv:9-lix:17, lxiii:5-lxxxvi:9
- Date:
- 9th or 10th century AD /3rd 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 9-55 from the Sura al-Qamar (سورة القمر), the complete Sura al-Rahman (سورة الرحمن), Sura al-Wāqiʿā (سورة الواقعة), Sura al-Ḥadīd (سورة الحديد), Sura al-Mujādila (سورة المجادلة), verses 1-17 from Sura al-Ḥashr (سورة الحشر), and the section begining in verse 5 from Sura al-Munāfiqūn (سورة المنافقون) , and ending in verse 9 from Sura al-Ṭāriq (سورة الطارق). Folios 14 to 18 are missing.Layout: 12 lines per pageScript: The script is an unidentified Abbasid style.
- 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 cm, width: 11 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.1150
- Format:
- Codex
- Is part of:
- Oriental Manuscrupts: Islamic Manuscripts Collection
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran