Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 – A Qur'ānic Manuscript From 1st Century Of Hijra
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Arabic Palaeography Plate 44 |
Folio 4a from Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 |
Folios from Ms. Or. Fol. 4313.
Date
1st century of hijra. Noseda places this manuscript in the 1st century of hijra.[1] Likewise, Grohmann also dates another folio of this manuscript at Dār al-Kutub al-Misriyya, Cairo, to the 1st century.[2] This folio was first published by Moritz around 100 years ago, who strangely dated it to the 3rd century of hijra![3]
Inventory No.
Ms. Or. Fol. 4313
Size & Folios
The codex has 8 folios = 1 (Arabic Palaeography Plate 44) + 7 (Ms. Or. Fol. 4313).
History Of The Manuscript
Not known.
Script & Ornamentation
Ḥijāzī.
Manuscript on parchment. The muṣḥaf is not vocalised. The consonants are differentiated by dashes. Six oval dots ranked in three pairs usually punctuate the verses. Every tenth verse is marked by a hollow circle surrounded by dots.
There are 18 lines to page. The contents are as follows: 4:54–62 (Arabic Palaeography Plate 44); 4:137–155, 172–5:87 (Ms. Or. Fol. 4313).[4]
Contents
Below are the published information of folios in this codex.
Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 Folio Number Qur'anic Surah Size of the Folio (cm.) Image Publication – 4:54 – 4:62 – x – Moritz, 1905 1a 4:137 – 4:146 26.0 x 35.0 Sellheim, 1976 1b 4:147 – 4:155 26.0 x 35.0 – 2a 4:172 – 5:2 – x – – 2b 5:2 – 5:6 – x – – 3a 5:6 – 5:12 – x – – 3b 5:12 – 5:18 – x – – 4a 5:18 – 5:28 – x – Corpus Coranicum poster 4b 5:28 – 5:37 – x – – 5a 5:37 – 5:44 – x – – 5b 5:44 – 5:49 – x – – 6a 5:59 – 5:67 – x – – 6b 5:49 – 5:59 – x – – 7a 5:67 – 5:76 – x – – 7b 5:76 – 5:87 – x – –
Location
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Germany, and Dār al-Kutub al-Misriyya, Cairo.
References
[1] S. Noja Noseda, "Note Esterne In Margin Al 1° Volume Dei ‘Materiali Per Un'edizione Critica Del Corano’", Rendiconti: Classe Di Lettere E Scienze Morali E Storiche, 2000, Vol. 134, Fasc. 1, pp. 19-25.
[2] A. Grohmann, "The Problem Of Dating Early Qur'ans", Der Islam, 1958, Volume 33, Number 3, p. 222; Also see B. Gruendler, The Development Of The Arabic Scripts: From The Nabatean Era To The First Islamic Century According To Dated Texts, 1993, Harvard Semitic Series No. 43, Scholars Press: Atlanta (GA), p. 135.
[3] B. Moritz (Ed.), Arabic Palaeography: A Collection Of Arabic Texts From The First Century Of The Hidjra Till The Year 1000, 1905, Publications of the Khedivial Library - No. 16, Cairo, Plate 44.
[4] R. Sellheim, Arabische Handschriften: Materialien Zur Arabischen Literaturgeschichte, 1976, Teil 1, Verzeichnis Der Orientalischen Handschriften In Deutschland, Band 17A, F. Steiner: Wiesbaden, p. 1 (No. 1).
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