A very early fragmentary Qur'an, written in kufic script. Recently redated as possibly end seventh century, and as old as the oldest Yemeni manuscripts. The pages have been wrongly folded, so that the text is disordered.

Title	A very early fragmentary Qur'an, written in kufic script. Recently redated as possibly end seventh century, and as old as the oldest Yemeni manuscripts. The pages have been wrongly folded, so that the text is disordered.
Subject	BR Christianity \| BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc \| DS Asia
Type	kitap
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive
Record ID	116
Library Location	Library Services, Special Collections, ITSEE
Date	05 Jul 2009 14:03
Notes	The Virtual Manuscript Room is no longer available. For enquiries into this manuscript please contact the Cadbury Research Library on [email protected]. Details about ordering images and reproduction rights can be found here https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/cadbury/Imaging-services/index.aspx
Sample Text	A very early fragmentary Qur'an, written in kufic script. Recently redated as possibly end seventh century, and as old as the oldest Yemeni manuscripts. The pages have been wrongly folded, so that the text is disordered.This manuscript is contained within the The Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts, held at the Department of Special Collections, University of Birmingham. This collection was founded in Birmingham between 1925 and 1929 by Edward Cadbury, the Chairman of Council of Woodbrooke College and a founding member of the Selly Oak Colleges, who sponsored and financed the Collection, and housed it in the Selly Oak Colleges Library. He named the Collection after its collector, Alphonse Mingana. The Arabic manuscripts are the third largest collection in the UK. The content is mostly religious, mainly Islamic and early Near Eastern Christian.
Destekleyenler	University of Birmingham, JISC
Kimlik Kodu	116
Kaynak	Virtual Manuscript Room

View in source University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive

University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive

A very early fragmentary Qur'an, written in kufic script. Recently redated as possibly end seventh century, and as old as the oldest Yemeni manuscripts. The pages have been wrongly folded, so that the text is disordered.

Subject BR Christianity | BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc | DS Asia

Type kitap

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive

Record ID 116

Library Location Library Services, Special Collections, ITSEE

Date 05 Jul 2009 14:03

Notes The Virtual Manuscript Room is no longer available. For enquiries into this manuscript please contact the Cadbury Research Library on [email protected]. Details about ordering images and reproduction rights can be found here https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/cadbury/Imaging-services/index.aspx

Sample Text A very early fragmentary Qur'an, written in kufic script. Recently redated as possibly end seventh century, and as old as the oldest Yemeni manuscripts. The pages have been wrongly folded, so that the text is disordered.This manuscript is contained within the The Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts, held at the Department of Special Collections, University of Birmingham. This collection was founded in Birmingham between 1925 and 1929 by Edward Cadbury, the Chairman of Council of Woodbrooke College and a founding member of the Selly Oak Colleges, who sponsored and financed the Collection, and housed it in the Selly Oak Colleges Library. He named the Collection after its collector, Alphonse Mingana. The Arabic manuscripts are the third largest collection in the UK. The content is mostly religious, mainly Islamic and early Near Eastern Christian.

Destekleyenler University of Birmingham, JISC

Kimlik Kodu 116

Kaynak Virtual Manuscript Room