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Fragment from a manuscript of the Qurʾān (7:115 [in part] - 134 [in part]) in early Abbasid script, likely from the 9th century.
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Item Summary
Fragment from a manuscript of the Qurʾān (7:115 [in part] - 134 [in part]) in early Abbasid script, likely from the 9th century.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [القرآن. سورة 7:115-134].
- Transliterated Title
- [al-Qurʾān. Sūrah 7:115-134].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 17G
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/g445cg75g
- Publisher
- [8--?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 800
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 1 leaf : parchment ; 111 x 174 (72 x 133) mm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. K. et al. Descriptive catalog, 1150
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Ms. leaf.
- Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in small, early Abbasid script (style B.II--see Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no.10) in dark brown on parchment. The vowel signs are dots in red. The ḍammah is represented by a dot to the right of the letter, the fatḥah by one over and the kasrah by one below (cf. al-Suyūṭī, Itqān, Cairo, 1925, vol. II, p. 171, 11. 27-8). Extensive water damage, with pieces of leaf torn away; most of text on verso effaced.
- Origin: Likely from the 9th century (compare with Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no. 10).
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- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e75f9879-0e60-4977-ae50-375e3f62f698/manifest