M a VI 165 – A Qur'ānic Manuscript From The 1st Century Hijra At The Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, Germany
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Folios (a) 1 recto, (b) 24 recto, (c) 33 recto, (d) 37 verso, (e) 50 recto and (f) 54 verso of Ms. M a VI 165 at the Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, Germany.
Date
Second half of the 1st century of hijra.
It is unclear if this manuscript was included in Noseda's table of ḥijāzī manuscripts from 1st century hijra. Giving information about a ḥijāzī manuscript kept at the Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, he marks a single dash (i.e., ‘fragmented’ text) for sūrah 17 alone.[1] As far as we are aware, there are no ḥijāzī manuscripts at the Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen that contain sūrah 17 only. Could this be a typographical error? Perhaps Noseda had only limited information concerning this manuscript at the time of writing and made note of the starting sūrah only.
Manuscript Number
M a VI 165.
Size & Folios
19.5 cm x 15.3 cm. There are 18-21 lines per page. Manuscript on parchment.
This manuscript has 77 folios, containing continuous text of the Qur'an from 17:35 to 36:57. This constitutes about 26.2% of the total text of the Qur'an.
History Of The Manuscript
Weisweiler was the first person to give the brief desciprion of this manuscript in his work in his handlist of manuscripts at the Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, Germany.[2] It is not mention how this manuscript was acquired by the Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen.
Script & Ornamentation
Ḥijāzī. The script is ḥijāzī though listed as kufic in the catalogue entry. The script is fairly large, thick, rather narrow, slightly rounded, with high shafts and slight tilt to the right. In some folios, the script has faded and it has been retouched by a later hand with black ink. The consonants are frequently differentiated by dashes. A set of 2 or 3 oval dots punctuate the verses. Every tenth verse is marked by a red hollow circle surrounded by dots. The end of sūrahs is characterized by a series of sets of dots forming triangles to fill the line.
The beginning and end of the sūrahs is characterized by ornamentation and with sūrah heading written in the naskhi script, both of which are done inconsistently by a later hand. The muṣḥaf is vocalised by red dots and black dashes, the latter very inconsistently, and is of a later hand.
Contents
The contents of the manuscript are tabulated below.
| M a VI 165 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Folios | Qur'anic Surah / Ayah | Image Publication | Comments |
| 1r | 17:35 - 17:46 | – | – |
| 1v | 17:46 - 17:56 | – | – |
| 2r | 17:56 - 17:64 | – | – |
| 2v | 17:64 - 17:71 | – | – |
| 3r | 17:71 - 17:82 | – | – |
| 3v | 17:82 - 17:93 | – | – |
| 4r | 17:93 - 17:100 | – | – |
| 4v | 17:100 - 17:110 | – | – |
| 5r | 17:110 - 17:111; 18:1 - 18:10 | – | – |
| 5v | 18:10 - 18:17 | – | – |
| 6r | 18:17 - 18:21 | – | – |
| 6v | 18:21 - 18:28 | – | – |
| 7r | 18:28 - 18:36 | – | – |
| 7v | 18:37 - 18:47 | – | – |
| 8r | 18:47 - 18:55 | – | – |
| 8v | 18:55 - 18:63 | – | – |
| 9r | 18:63 - 18:76 | – | – |
| 9v | 18:76 - 18:85 | – | – |
| 10r | 18:85 - 18:96 | – | – |
| 10v | 18:96 - 18:106 | – | – |
| 11r | 18:107 - 18:110; 19:1 - 19:7 | – | – |
| 11v | 19:7 - 19:20 | – | – |
| 12r | 19:20 - 19:33 | – | – |
| 12v | 19:33 - 19:45 | – | – |
| 13r | 19:45 - 19:58 | – | – |
| 13v | 19:58 - 19:67 | – | – |
| 14r | 19:67 - 19:79 | – | – |
| 14v | 19:79 - 19:97 | – | – |
| 15r | 19:97 - 19:98; 20:1 - 20:16 | – | – |
| 15v | 20:16 - 20:40 | – | – |
| 16r | 20:40 - 20:55 | – | – |
| 16v | 20:56 - 20:70 | – | – |
| 17r | 20:70 - 20:80 | – | – |
| 17v | 20:80 - 20:90 | – | – |
| 18r | 20:90 - 20:104 | – | – |
| 18v | 20:104 - 20:117 | – | – |
| 19r | 20:117 - 20:129 | – | – |
| 19v | 20:129 - 20:135; 21:1 - 21:3 | – | – |
| 20r | 21:3 - 21:17 | – | – |
| 20v | 21:17 - 21:30 | – | – |
| 21r | 21:30 - 21:43 | – | – |
| 21v | 21:43 - 21:57 | – | – |
| 22r | 21:58 - 21:73 | – | – |
| 22v | 21:73 - 21:84 | – | – |
| 23r | 21:84 - 21:94 | – | – |
| 23v | 21:94 - 21:105 | – | – |
| 24r | 21:105 - 21:112; 22:1 - 22:4 | – | – |
| 24v | 22:5 - 22:11 | – | – |
| 25r | 22:11 - 22:18 | – | – |
| 25v | 22:18 - 22:28 | – | – |
| 26r | 22:28 - 22:35 | – | – |
| 26v | 22:36 - 22:42 | – | – |
| 27r | 22:42 - 22:52 | – | – |
| 27v | 22:52 - 22:61 | – | – |
| 28r | 22:61 - 22:70 | – | – |
| 28v | 22:71 - 22:78 | – | – |
| 29r | 22:78; 23:1 - 23:13 | – | – |
| 29v | 23:14 - 23:24 | – | – |
| 30r | 23:25 - 23:37 | – | – |
| 30v | 23:37 - 23:52 | – | – |
| 31r | 23:53 - 23:69 | – | – |
| 31v | 23:69 - 23:82 | – | – |
| 32r | 23:82 - 23:100 | – | – |
| 32v | 23:100 - 23:118 | – | – |
| 33r | 23:118; 24:1 - 24:10 | – | – |
| 33v | 24:10 - 24:20 | – | – |
| 34r | 24:20 - 24:27 | – | – |
| 34v | 24:27 - 24:31 | – | – |
| 35r | 24:31 - 24:35 | – | – |
| 35v | 24:35 - 24:42 | – | – |
| 36r | 24:42 - 24:51 | – | – |
| 36v | 24:51 - 24:58 | – | – |
| 37r | 24:58 - 24:61 | – | – |
| 37v | 24:61 - 24:64; 25:1 - 25:3 | – | – |
| 38r | 25:3 - 25:13 | – | – |
| 38v | 25:14 - 25:23 | – | – |
| 39r | 25:23 - 25:35 | – | – |
| 39v | 25:35 - 25:45 | – | – |
| 40r | 25:45 - 25:60 | – | – |
| 40v | 25:60 - 25:75 | – | – |
| 41r | 25:75 - 25:77; 26:1 - 26:18 | – | – |
| 41v | 26:18 - 26:41 | – | – |
| 42r | 26:41 - 26:64 | – | – |
| 42v | 26:64 - 26:94 | – | – |
| 43r | 26:94 - 26:123 | – | – |
| 43v | 26:124 - 26:152 | – | – |
| 44r | 26:152 - 26:178 | – | – |
| 44v | 26:178 - 26:204 | – | – |
| 45r | 26:204 - 26:227; 27:1 - 27:3 | – | – |
| 45v | 27:3 - 27:16 | – | – |
| 46r | 27:16 - 27:28 | – | – |
| 46v | 27:28 - 27:40 | – | – |
| 47r | 27:40 - 27:50 | – | – |
| 47v | 27:50 - 27:61 | – | – |
| 48r | 27:61 - 27:71 | – | – |
| 48v | 27:71 - 27:85 | – | – |
| 49r | 27:85 - 27:93; 28:1 - 28:2 | – | – |
| 49v | 28:2 - 28:11 | – | – |
| 50r | 28:11 - 28:20 | – | – |
| 50v | 28:20 - 28:28 | – | – |
| 51r | 28:28 - 28:36 | – | – |
| 51v | 28:36 - 28:46 | – | – |
| 52r | 28:46 - 28:55 | – | – |
| 52v | 28:55 - 28:63 | – | – |
| 53r | 28:64 - 28:74 | – | – |
| 53v | 28:74 - 28:80 | – | – |
| 54r | 28:80 - 28:88 | – | – |
| 54v | 28:88; 29:1 - 29:10 | – | – |
| 55r | 29:10 - 29:18 | – | – |
| 55v | 29:18 - 29:27 | – | – |
| 56r | 29:27 - 29:34 | – | – |
| 56v | 29:34 - 29:42 | – | – |
| 57r | 29:42 - 29:51 | – | – |
| 57v | 29:51 - 29:61 | – | – |
| 58r | 29:61 - 29:69 | – | – |
| 58v | 30:1 - 30:10 | – | – |
| 59r | 30:10 - 30:22 | – | – |
| 59v | 30:22 - 30:28 | – | – |
| 60r | 30:28 - 30:38 | – | – |
| 60v | 30:38 - 30:46 | – | – |
| 61r | 30:46 - 30:56 | – | – |
| 61v | 30:56 - 30:60; 31:1 - 31:8 | – | – |
| 62r | 31:8 - 31:16 | – | – |
| 62v | 31:16 - 31:23 | – | – |
| 63r | 31:23 - 31:32 | – | – |
| 63v | 31:33 - 31:34; 32:1 - 32:5 | – | – |
| 64r | 32:5 - 32:19 | – | – |
| 64v | 32:19 - 32:30 | – | – |
| 65r | 32:30; 33:1 - 33:7 | – | – |
| 65v | 33:7 - 33:17 | – | – |
| 66r | 33:17 - 33:24 | – | – |
| 66v | 33:24 - 33:33 | – | – |
| 67r | 33:33 - 33:38 | – | – |
| 67v | 33:38 - 33:50 | – | – |
| 68r | 33:50 - 33:53 | – | – |
| 68v | 33:53 - 33:62 | – | – |
| 69r | 33:62 - 33:72 | – | – |
| 69v | 33:72 - 33:73; 34:1 - 34:6 | – | – |
| 70r | 34:6 - 34:13 | – | – |
| 70v | 34:13 - 34:19 | – | – |
| 71r | 34:19 - 34:28 | – | – |
| 71v | 34:28 - 34:34 | – | – |
| 72r | 34:34 - 34:43 | – | – |
| 72v | 34:43 - 34:52 | – | – |
| 73r | 34:52 - 34:54; 35:1 - 35:5 | – | – |
| 73v | 35:5 - 35:12 | – | – |
| 74r | 35:12 - 35:22 | – | – |
| 74v | 35:22 - 35:32 | – | – |
| 75r | 35:32 - 35:40 | – | – |
| 75v | 35:40 - 35:45 | – | – |
| 76r | 36:1 - 36:16 | – | – |
| 76v | 36:16 - 36:31 | – | – |
| 77r | 36:31 - 36:45 | – | – |
| 77v | 36:45 - 36:57 | – | – |
Location
Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, Germany.
References & Notes
[1] S. N. 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, p. 20.
[2] M. Weisweiler, Verzeichnis Der Arabischen Handschriften, 1930, Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, Volume II, Verlag von Otto Harrassowitz: Leipzig, p. 125. (No. 161). Weisweiler gives the starting verse as 17:37. According to the verse numbering system adopted by the well-known modern printed editions, it is 17:34.
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