[al-Qur'an, 9th century].
([القرآن, القرن 9م].)

Title	[al-Qur'an, 9th century].
Title Original	[القرآن, القرن 9م].
Publication Date:	[8--]
Subject	Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor.
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Unknown
Pages Count	20
Physical Dimensions	20 leaves : parchment ; 128-132 x 195 (90 x 130) mm
Library:	HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID	002641718
Library Location	University of Michigan
Notes	About: Fragment from an early Abbasid Qur'an carrying Sūrat al-Nisāʼ (4) middle of verse 87 through middle of verse 112 and final words of verse 170 through final words of Sūrat al-Māʼidah (5) verse 9 (4:87-112; 4:170-5:9). \| Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; script and ornament would suggest 9th century. The verse count of 123 provided in the illuminated heading for Sūrat al-Māʼidah suggests a connection with the tradition of Qurʼānic transcription associated with al-Baṣrah (Iraq). such a report "There are twenty verses in al-Kufi, ten verses in al-Madniyin, al-Makkah, al-Shami, twenty and three in al-Basri" in al-Dānī's (d.1053) al-Bayān fī ʻadd āy al-Qurʼān (Ed. Ghānim Qaddūrī al-Ḥamad, al-Kuywat: Markaz al-Makhṭūṭāt wa-al-Turāth wa-al-Wathāʼiq, 1994, p.149). Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 162 a Shapes shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 162 Support: Parchment ; some abrasion, losses of ink and pigment, occasionally resupplied by later hands. Decoration: Illuminated medallions / roundels of Déroche style 2' A.II (incorporating dark green and red as well as gold and outline in black) mark ten verses ; illuminated hāʼ (abjad numerals 5) marks five verses ; illuminated sūrah heading for Sūrat al-Māʼidah, "Al-Ma'ida is one month, twenty and thirteen verses" chrysographed. Script: Kufic or Early ʻAbbāsid script of Déroche style D.I (see Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition, pp.36-37 and George, The Rise of Islamic Calligraphy, p.91) ; short vowels provided in the form of red discs ; in a few rare instances small strokes have been provided in a similar brown ink to indicate one or two dots ; other pointing in grayish black ink supplied later. Layout: Written in 7 lines per page. Collation: V: H1-2F S H3-4F H5-6F S H7-8F S H9-10F S / F11-12F S F13-14H F15-16H S F17-18H F19-20H, V: H21-22F S H23-24F H25-26F S H17-28F H29-30F / F31-32H S F33-34H F35-36H S F37-38H F39-40H ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing. Ms. fragment. Photographic negative in repository. Purchased in Cairo, 1924. Eleven part of the personal manuscript collection of Sultan Abdulhamid II of Turkey [per R. Dougherty]. Originally housed with 23 loose leaves damaged by fire (Isl. Ms. 162 b).

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[al-Qur'an, 9th century].

([القرآن, القرن 9م].)

Publication Date [8--]

Subject Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor.

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Unknown

Pages Count 20

Physical Dimensions 20 leaves : parchment ; 128-132 x 195 (90 x 130) mm

Library HathiTrust Digital Library

Record ID 002641718

Library Location University of Michigan

Notes About: Fragment from an early Abbasid Qur'an carrying Sūrat al-Nisāʼ (4) middle of verse 87 through middle of verse 112 and final words of verse 170 through final words of Sūrat al-Māʼidah (5) verse 9 (4:87-112; 4:170-5:9). | Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; script and ornament would suggest 9th century. The verse count of 123 provided in the illuminated heading for Sūrat al-Māʼidah suggests a connection with the tradition of Qurʼānic transcription associated with al-Baṣrah (Iraq). such a report "There are twenty verses in al-Kufi, ten verses in al-Madniyin, al-Makkah, al-Shami, twenty and three in al-Basri" in al-Dānī's (d.1053) al-Bayān fī ʻadd āy al-Qurʼān (Ed. Ghānim Qaddūrī al-Ḥamad, al-Kuywat: Markaz al-Makhṭūṭāt wa-al-Turāth wa-al-Wathāʼiq, 1994, p.149). Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 162 a Shapes shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 162 Support: Parchment ; some abrasion, losses of ink and pigment, occasionally resupplied by later hands. Decoration: Illuminated medallions / roundels of Déroche style 2' A.II (incorporating dark green and red as well as gold and outline in black) mark ten verses ; illuminated hāʼ (abjad numerals 5) marks five verses ; illuminated sūrah heading for Sūrat al-Māʼidah, "Al-Ma'ida is one month, twenty and thirteen verses" chrysographed. Script: Kufic or Early ʻAbbāsid script of Déroche style D.I (see Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition, pp.36-37 and George, The Rise of Islamic Calligraphy, p.91) ; short vowels provided in the form of red discs ; in a few rare instances small strokes have been provided in a similar brown ink to indicate one or two dots ; other pointing in grayish black ink supplied later. Layout: Written in 7 lines per page. Collation: V: H1-2F S H3-4F H5-6F S H7-8F S H9-10F S / F11-12F S F13-14H F15-16H S F17-18H F19-20H, V: H21-22F S H23-24F H25-26F S H17-28F H29-30F / F31-32H S F33-34H F35-36H S F37-38H F39-40H ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing. Ms. fragment. Photographic negative in repository. Purchased in Cairo, 1924. Eleven part of the personal manuscript collection of Sultan Abdulhamid II of Turkey [per R. Dougherty]. Originally housed with 23 loose leaves damaged by fire (Isl. Ms. 162 b).