Item Summary

Fragment from a manuscript of the Qurʾān (28:40 [in part] - 45 [in part]) in early Abbasid script, likely from the 10th century.

Descriptive Information

Title
[القرآن. سورة 28:40-45].
Transliterated Title
[al-Qurʾān. Sūrah 28:40-45].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 18G
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h128nh32h
Publisher
9--?
Language
Arabic
Date Created
900
Format
Manuscript
Extent
4 leaves : parchment ; 173 x 139 (124 x 83) mm.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
References
Hitti, P. K. et al. Descriptive catalog, 1151
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. leaves.
Physical description: 5 lines per page; written in large, early Abbasid script (style B.Vb--see Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no. 56) in dark brown on parchment. Verses marked by gold rosettes; gold medallion in margin of fol. 1a marks verse 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). Extensive water damage.
Origin: Likely from the 10th century (compare with Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no. 56).

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Parchment

Physical Characteristics

File Count
9

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/914c5baf-5b90-4979-a531-830444a4e369/manifest