Codex Ms. Qāf 47 – A Qur'ānic Manuscript From 1st Century Of Hijra
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Ms. Qāf 47, Folio 12a |
Ms. Qāf 47, Folio 13a (= Arabic Palaeography, Plate 44) |
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Ms. Qāf 47, Folio 15b |
Ms. Or. Fol. 4313, Folio 21a |
Folios from Ms. Qāf 47.
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] This manuscript was subject to radiocarbon analysis under the auspices of the Corpus Coranicum project and has been dated to 606-652 CE with 95% probability.[4]
Inventory No.
Ms. Qāf 47
Size & Folios
The codex has 36 folios = 29 (Ms. Qāf 47 including Arabic Palaeography, Plate 44, Dār al-Kutub al-Misriyya, Cairo) + 7 (Ms. Or. Fol. 4313, Staatsbibliothek, Berlin).[5] The extant folios contain ~16% of the text of the Qur'an.
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.
Contents
Below are the published information of folios in this codex.
Codex Ms. Qāf 47 Folio Number Qur'anic Surah Size of the Folio (cm.) Manuscript, Image Publication 1a 2:269 – 2:275 Fragment Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 1b 2:276 – 2:282 Fragment Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 2a 2:282 – 2:286; 3:1 – 3:3 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 2b 3:4 – 3:14 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 3a 3:56 – 3:68 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 3b 3:68 – 3:78 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 4a 3:100 – 3:109 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 4b 3:109 – 3:118 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 5a 3:118 – 3:127 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 5b 3:127 – 3:140 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 6a 3:140 – 3:151 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 6b 3:152 – 3:156 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 7a 3:156 – 3:167 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 7b 3:167 – 3:176 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 8a 3:176 – 3:184 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 8b 3:185 – 3:194 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 9a 3:195 – 3:200; 4:1 – 4:2 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 9b 4:2 – 4:11 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 10a 4:11 – 4:15 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 10b 4:15 – 4:23 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 11a 4:23 – 4:29 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 11b 4:29 – 4:36 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 12a 4:36 – 4:45 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 12b 4:45 – 4:54 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 13a 4:54 – 4:62 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv and Moritz, 1905 13b 4:62 – 4:74 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 14a 4:74 – 4:80 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 14b 4:80 – 4:89 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 15a 4:89 – 4:94 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 15b 4:94 – 4:101 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 16a 4:101 – 4:108 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 16b 4:109 – 4:119 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 17a 4:119 – 4:128 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 17b 4:129 – 4:137 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 18a 4:137 – 4:146 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313, Sellheim, 1976 18b 4:147 – 4:155 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 19a 4:172 – 4:176; 5:1 – 5:2 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 19b 5:2 – 5:6 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 20a 5:6 – 5:12 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 20b 5:12 – 5:18 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 21a 5:18 – 5:28 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 21b 5:28 – 5:37 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 22a 5:37 – 5:44 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 22b 5:44 – 5:49 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 23a 5:49 – 5:59 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 23b 5:59 – 5:67 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 24a 5:67 – 5:76 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 24b 5:76 – 5:87 26.0 x 35.0 Ms. Or. Fol. 4313 25a 6:45 – 6:51 Fragment Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 25b 6:53 – 6:60 Fragment Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 26a 6:61 – 6:70 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 26b 6:70 – 6:79 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 27a 8:10 – 8:23 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 27b 8:24 – 8:34 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 28a 8:34 – 8:43 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 28b 8:43 – 8:53 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 29a 9:94 – 9:104 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 29b 9:105 – 9:115 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 30a 9:115 – 9:124 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 30b 9:125 – 9:129; 10:1 – 10:7 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 31a 10:105 – 10:109; 11:1 – 11:6 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 31b 11:7 – 11:16 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 32a 11:17 – 11:29 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 32b 11:29 – 11:42 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 33a 11:92 – 11:108 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 33b 11:108 – 11:120 26.2 x 39.3 Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 34a 14:32 – 14:43 Fragment Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 34b 14:44 – 15:6 Fragment Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 35a 21:37 – 21:45 Fragment Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 35b 21:55 – 21:66 Fragment Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 36a 63:8 – 64:2 Fragment Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv 36b 64:9 – 64:14 Fragment Ms. Qāf 47, Gotthelf-Bergsträßer-Filmarchiv
Locations
Dār al-Kutub al-Misriyya, Cairo, and Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, Germany.
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] "Älteste bekannte Koran-Handschriften entdeckt", Der Tagesspiegel, 2nd April 2015. Accessed on 5th April 2015.
[5] 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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