Publication Date
[8--]
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /
Ann Arbor.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Unknown
Pages Count
23
Physical Dimensions
23 leaves : parchment ; 120 x 190 (80 x 130-5) mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
011792337
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: Fragment from an early ʿAbbāsid Qur'ān carrying Sūrat al-Naḥl (16) final words of verse 11 through final words of verse 54 and final words of verse 76 through middle of verse 103 (16:11-54 ; 76-103). | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 162 b
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; script and ornament would suggest 9th century.
Former shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 162
Support: Parchment ; significant losses due to fire, particularly in opening section (first 13 leaves).
Decoration: Illuminated roundels of Déroche style 2' A.II though with further perimeter in gold (incorporating dark green and red along with gold and black outline) mark ten verses (see p.30, 37, 45) ; illuminated hāʼ (abjad numeral 5) marks five verses (see p.33, 42).
Script: Kufic or Early ʻAbbāsid script of Déroche style D.I (see Déroche, The Abbasid tradition, p.36-37 and George, The Rise of Islamic calligraphy, p.91) ; short vowels provided in the form of red discs.
Layout: Written in 7 lines per page.
Collation: V+3: H1-2F H3-4F H5-6F H7-8F S H9-10F / S F11-12H F13-14H F15-16H F17-18H F19-20H H21-22F F23-24H H25-26F ; 1+V-1: F27-28H H29-30F H31-32F H33-34F H35-36F H37-38F / F39-40H F41-42H F43-44H F45-46H ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Ms. fragment.
Originally housed with 20 leaves in two relatively intact gatherings (Isl. Ms. 162 a).
