A Qur'anic Manuscript From 1st Century Hijra: Part Of Sūrah al-Sajda And Sūrah al-Ahzāb
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First Composed: 28 March 2006
Last Updated: 4th October 2007
Date
First half of the 1st century hijra.
Inventory No.
Inv. no. 01-27.1
Contents
Sūrah al-Sajda: verse number: 20 to Sūrah al-Ahzāb: verse number 6.
Script
Ḥijazi.
According to Hans-Casper Graf von Bothmer, this palimpsest fragment of a Qur'an can be tentatively dated to the first half of the first century of the hijra. Underneath the bold, dark brown writing, faint light brown traces of an earlier script can be seen. This has been washed off to make the parchment reusable once again.
It is unclear if this manuscript belongs to the same codex as the folio Inv. no. 00-27.1. Both these manuscripts are tentatively dated to the first half of the 1st century hijra. The script and the number of lines per page in both the manuscripts are nearly the same. However, the end of sūrah marker is present here unlike Inv. no. 00-27.1.
Location
Maktabat al-Jami‘ al-Kabir, San‘a' (Yemen).
References
[1] H. C. G. von Bothmer, "Masterworks Of Islamic Book Art: Koranic Calligraphy And Illumination In The Manuscripts Found In The Great Mosque In Sanaa", in W. Daum (ed.), Yemen: 3000 Years Of Art And Civilization In Arabia Felix, 1987?, Pinguin-Verlag (Innsbruck) and Umschau-Verlag (Frankfurt/Main), pp. 178-181 for text and Plate I in p. 186 for the image.
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