A Perg. 2 – A Qur'anic Manuscript From 1st Century Hijra
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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
Hair side
Date
1st century hijra.
Manuscript Number
A Perg. 2.
Contents
Sūrah al-Qaṣaṣ. Verses number : Verses 61 through 73 [hair side]. This is depicted in above figure. Verse 75 through 80 [flesh side].
Script
Ḥijāzī.
Yellowish, thin parchment. In the top strongly damaged; ink "ate" sections of the material including the writing; brownish ink. The crease and remainder of a second page, whose text could not be identified, is available.
Location
Austrian National Library, Vienna.
Acknowledgement
We are grateful to the Austrian National Library, Vienna, for providing us the manuscript.
References
[1] H. Loebenstein, Koranfragmente Auf Pergament Aus Der Papyrussammlung Der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Textband, 1982, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek: Wein, pp. 23-26. This contains the description of the manuscript.
[2] H. Loebenstein, Koranfragmente Auf Pergament Aus Der Papyrussammlung Der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Tafelband, 1982, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek: Wein, Tafel 1-2. This contains the pictures of the manuscript.
[3] A. Fedeli, "A. Perg. 2: A Non Palimpsest And The Corrections In Qur'anic Manuscripts", Manuscripta Orientalia, 2005, Volume 11, No. 1, pp. 20-27.
[4] B. Gruendler, The Development Of The Arabic Scripts: From The Nabatean Era To The First Islamic Century According To The Dated Texts, 1993, Harvard Semitic Series No. 43, Scholars Press: Atlanta, GA., p. 170.
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