Item Summary

Fragment from a manuscript of the Qurʾān (10:27 [in part] - 43 [?]) in early Abbasid script, likely from the 9th century.

Descriptive Information

Title
[القرآن. سورة 10:27-43].
Transliterated Title
[al-Qurʾān. Sūrah 10:27-43].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 22G
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/4q77ft96n
Publisher
[8--?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
800
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 leaf : parchment ; 227 x 320 (183 x 245) mm.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
References
Hitti, P. K. et al. Descriptive catalog, 1155
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. leaf.
Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in early Abbasid script (style D.IV--see Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no. 39) in dark brown on parchment. Gold boxes mark verses 30 and 40. The vowel signs are dots in red or green. 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). Ragged, with some tears, and water damaged; text partially effaced, particularly on verso.
Origin: Likely from the 9th century (compare with Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no. 39).

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Parchment

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3d23c26a-2849-4f4e-bbd6-8bd8cb9cde1c/manifest