PERF No. 731: The Earliest Manuscript Of Malik's Muwatta' Dated To His Own Time
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First Created: 18th June 2004
Last Updated: 19th June 2004
Recto Side
Verso Side.
Date
Second half of second century of hijra. This papyrus fragment is dated to Malik's (d. 179 AH / 795 CE) own time.
Manuscript Number
PERF No. 731
Script
Early book hand carefully executed, especially on the recto. Note the angularity of the letters and the use of very early forms for some of them, such as the nun in min of recto 2, the final qaf with slight double loop of recto 5, the extended initian `ain of verso 5 and 12, and the ha' with beam, which is the characteristics of its sister forms, as in recto 8 and 14 and verso 3. Diacritical points are used rather freely. The alif of prolangation is generally omitted. The vowels and hamzah are indicated on in recto 9. A circle is used for punctuation; and a dot within the circle indicates collation.[1]
Recto has the contents of "Bab al-Targib fi-Sadaqah".
Location
Austrian National Library, Vienna.
Acknowledgement
We are grateful to the Austrian National Library, Vienna, for providing us the manuscript.
References
[1] N. Abbott, Studies In Arabic Literary Papyri: Qur'anic Commentary And Tradition, 1967, Volume II, University of Chicago Press: Chicago (USA), p. 114.
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