Author
Cellard, Éléonore, writer of introduction., Cimiotti, Sabrina.
Publication Date
2018
Publication Place
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Brill
Subject
Qurʼan -- Manuscripts -- Facsimiles.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
319
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (xii, 319 pages) : facsimiles
Library
University College Dublin Library
Library Asset ID
9789004358478
Record ID
b2877480
Library Location
In collection: Ebook Central Academic Complete UKI Edition
Date
2018
Notes
"'codex amrensis 1', the first volume of the series 'documenta coranica', contains images and arabic texts of four fragments from the qurʼan codex once kept in the ʻamr-ibn-al-ʻāṣ-mosque in fusṭāṭ (old cairo). the manuscript, copied during the first half of the eighth century and written in ḥiǧāzī script, contains diacritical signs for about 20% or the letters, without any signs for short vowels. it varies from today's reference editions of the qurʼan in verse numbering and has a different orthography. this volume contains the facsimile of the original (all images are 90% original size), annotations and an introduction to the research involved with this manuscript."--Abstract., Added title page in arabic.
Sample Text
Codex Amrensis 1', the first volume of the series 'Documenta Coranica' contains images and Arabic texts of four sets of fragments (seventy-five sheets) of the Qur'an codex, once kept in the 'Amr ibn al-'As Mosque at Al-Fustat, and now in the collections of the National Library of Russia, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha and the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. It includes an extensive introduction, the facsimile of the original, and the full text with annotations. The manuscript, copied during the first half of the 8th century and written in higazi script, contains diacritical signs for about 20% of the letters, without any signs for short vowels. It varies from today?s reference editions of the Qur'an in verse numbering and has a different orthography. Essential reading for students and scholars of the history of the Qur'an and its written transmission.00.
Bibliyografya
Includes bibliographical references.
Seri
Documenta Coranica. Manuscripta ; volume 1, Documenta Coranica ; v. 1.
