Publication Date
800-900
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
59 mm x 96 mm x 11 mm (height x width x depth)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Is 1414
Library Location
Islamic Collection
Date
800-900
Notes
Miniature Qur'an. Very small format Qur'ans are easily carried, and have long been used to provide personal protection to their owners in times of need, such as war or sickness. This small codex measures 9.6 x 5.9 cm, with thirteen clearly-written lines per page. Two notes have been added by later owners, recording the birth of sons, in the years 1011 and 1022: was this Qur'an kept close during childbirth? Codex, ink, colour and gold on parchment, 21 folios, Arabic text in kufic script, partial text of juz' 29 of the Qur'an (sura 71:3 to 99:98), with later notes added (to the inner covers) recording the birth of a son in 1011 (4 Jumada 402H), and again in 1022 (16 Shawwal 413H), possibly Iraq, undated, c. 800-900.
Materyal
Parchment (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Codex, Qur'an
Yazı Tipi
Kufic script
