MS. Marsh 2 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection

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1 copy or fragment of al-Qurʼān

Title: Qurʼān
Title: قرآن كريم

Fragments of sūrahs 12 and 13 in Kufic writing on vellum

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 33-36
UAM 78

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 41 ff.

History

Origin: n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Jacob Golius [see Golius Sale Catalogue, Libri M.S. Incompacti in quarto &c, no. 31].

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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