Add. 1135 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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Summary of Contents: Fragments of an Abbasid Qurʼān probably written in the third or fourth century A.H. / ninth or tenth century A.D., containing verses from the Sura Ṭāhā (سورة طه). The script seems to correspond to the Abbasid Style F.I as described by F. Deroche.

Title: al-Qurʼān (ajzāʾ)

Title: القرآن (اجزاء)

Title: Qurʼān xx, 57-63 and xx, 83-89.

First fragment continued in Add. 743

Language(s): Arabic

References

no. 816

Digitised version of Add. 1135

Physical Description

Form: codex

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History

Origin: 3rd century AH; 9th century CE

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

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact Cambridge University Library Admissions). Contact near_eastern@lib.cam.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

Koran

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