Item Summary

Fragments from a manuscript of the Qurʾān in New Style script, likely from the 11th or 12th century.

Descriptive Information

Title
[القرآن. سورة 2:205-234؛ 3:46-114؛ 11:107-12:77؛ 23:27-66؛ 41:1-50].
Transliterated Title
[al-Qurʾān. Sūrah 2:205-234; 3:46-114; 11:107-12:77; 23:27-66; 41:1-50].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 15G
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2n49t4334
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1000-1199
Extent
12 leaves : paper ; 283 x 185 (245 x 150) mm.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
References
Hitti, P. K. et al. Descriptive catalog, 1144-1148
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
15G(a): Sūrah II:205 (in part) - 234 (in part); 2 leaves.
15G(b): Sūrah III:46 (in part) - 114 (in part); 3 leaves.
15G(c): Sūrah XI:107 - XII:77 (in part); 4 leaves.
15G(d): Sūrah XXIII:27 (in part) - 66 (in part); 1 leaf.
15G(e): Sūrah XLI:1-50 (in part); 2 leaves.
Notes
Ms. leaves.
Physical description: 22 lines per page; written in New Style (NS.1--see Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no. 90) in black on tan unglazed, laid Arabic paper. The vowel signs are dots in red. The ḍammah is represented by a red 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). A double vowel is represented by two dots. The diacritical marks are the ordinary ones. A few marks in green have been added by a later hand. Some staining and some loss of text on 15G(a) due to ragged edges. In fair condition.
Origin: Likely from the 11th or 12th century (compare with Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no. 90).
Fragment 15G(c) has a variant reading for XII:12. Instead of أرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا ىَرْتَعْ وَىَلْعَبْ وَإِنّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ which is the ʻUthmānic reading, the fragment reads أرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا نَرْتَعْ ونَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ
Binding Note
Loose in a brown embossed leather wrapper.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
26

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1a4a5e67-4cc0-4069-b577-047cf16de85f/manifest