[al-Qurʼān

Title [al-Qurʼān
Publication Date: 0800
Subject Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type Book
Language Arabic
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Physical Dimensions 20 leaves : parchment ; 128-132 x 195 (90 x 130) mm
Library: University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID 1194628522
Record ID 990026417180106381
Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date 9th century (exact date unknown)
Notes Ms. fragment., Photographic negative in repository., Collation: V: H1-2F S H3-4F H5-6F S H7-8F S H9-10F S / F11-12H 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., Layout: Written in 7 lines per page., 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 ; 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., 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, "المائدة مائة وعشرون وثلاث ايات" chrysographed., Support: Parchment ; some abrasion, losses of ink and pigment, occasionally resupplied by later hands., Former shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 162, Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 162 a, Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; script and ornament would suggest 9th century. Verse count of 123 provided in illuminated heading for Sūrat al-Māʼidah suggests a connection with the tradition of Qurʼānic transcription associated with al-Baṣrah (Iraq) via reports of the verse count for the "Baṣran codex" (al-Muṣḥaf al-Baṣrī), cf. such a report "وهي مئة وعشرون آية في الكوفي وعشرون وآيتان في المدنيين والمكي والشامي وعشرون وثلاث في البصري" 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)., Purchased in Cairo, 1924. Once part of the personal manuscript collection of Sultan Abdülhamid II of Turkey [per R. Dougherty]. Originally housed with 23 loose leaves damaged by fire (Isl. Ms. 162 b).
Sample Text Fragment from an early ʿAbbāsid Qur'ān 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).
Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210
Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda Abdul Hamid Collection. (CStRLIN)MIUH93-A187.
Referanslar Islamic art from Michigan collections. Carol G. Fisher and Alan Fisher, Eds. (East Lansing, MI, 1982), no.52, p.98, Déroche, François. Les manuscrits du coran. Aux origines de la calligraphie coranique. Catalogue des manuscrits arabes. Deuxième partie: manuscrits musulmans, Tome I, 1. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1983., Déroche, François. The Abbasid tradition : Qurʼans of the 8th to the 10th centuries AD. The Nasser D. Khalili collection of Islamic art, v. 1. New York : Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, c1992., George, Alain. The Rise of Islamic calligraphy. London: Saqi, 2010., Whelan, Estelle. "Writing the word of God: some early Qurʼān manuscripts and their milieux, part I." Ars Orientalis 20, (1990): 113-147, al-Dānī al-Andalusī, Abī ʻAmr ʻUthmān ibn Saʻīd. 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
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[al-Qurʼān

Publication Date 0800
Subject Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type Book
Language Arabic
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Physical Dimensions 20 leaves : parchment ; 128-132 x 195 (90 x 130) mm
Library University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID 1194628522
Record ID 990026417180106381
Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date 9th century (exact date unknown)
Notes Ms. fragment., Photographic negative in repository., Collation: V: H1-2F S H3-4F H5-6F S H7-8F S H9-10F S / F11-12H 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., Layout: Written in 7 lines per page., 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 ; 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., 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, "المائدة مائة وعشرون وثلاث ايات" chrysographed., Support: Parchment ; some abrasion, losses of ink and pigment, occasionally resupplied by later hands., Former shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 162, Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 162 a, Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; script and ornament would suggest 9th century. Verse count of 123 provided in illuminated heading for Sūrat al-Māʼidah suggests a connection with the tradition of Qurʼānic transcription associated with al-Baṣrah (Iraq) via reports of the verse count for the "Baṣran codex" (al-Muṣḥaf al-Baṣrī), cf. such a report "وهي مئة وعشرون آية في الكوفي وعشرون وآيتان في المدنيين والمكي والشامي وعشرون وثلاث في البصري" 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)., Purchased in Cairo, 1924. Once part of the personal manuscript collection of Sultan Abdülhamid II of Turkey [per R. Dougherty]. Originally housed with 23 loose leaves damaged by fire (Isl. Ms. 162 b).
Sample Text Fragment from an early ʿAbbāsid Qur'ān 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).
Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210
Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda Abdul Hamid Collection. (CStRLIN)MIUH93-A187.
Referanslar Islamic art from Michigan collections. Carol G. Fisher and Alan Fisher, Eds. (East Lansing, MI, 1982), no.52, p.98, Déroche, François. Les manuscrits du coran. Aux origines de la calligraphie coranique. Catalogue des manuscrits arabes. Deuxième partie: manuscrits musulmans, Tome I, 1. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1983., Déroche, François. The Abbasid tradition : Qurʼans of the 8th to the 10th centuries AD. The Nasser D. Khalili collection of Islamic art, v. 1. New York : Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, c1992., George, Alain. The Rise of Islamic calligraphy. London: Saqi, 2010., Whelan, Estelle. "Writing the word of God: some early Qurʼān manuscripts and their milieux, part I." Ars Orientalis 20, (1990): 113-147, al-Dānī al-Andalusī, Abī ʻAmr ʻUthmān ibn Saʻīd. 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
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