Add. 1120 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: Fragment of an Abbasid Qur'ān probably written in the third or fourth century A.H. / ninth or tenth century C.E, containing verses 54-120 from Sura al-Māʾida (سورة المائدة), and the first two verses of Sura al-Anʿām (سورة الانعام). The script seems to correspond to the Abbasid Style D.IV as described by F. Deroche.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written): 13.0 × 19.2 cm.
Layout
7 lines per page
Hand(s)
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought from Professor E.H. Palmer and E.E. Tyrwhitt in 1878.
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1900", abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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