Add. 1146 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: Fragments of an Abbasid Qurʼān probably written in the second or third century A.H. / eighth or ninth century A.D., containing verses from Sura al-Aḥzāb (سورة الأحزاب) and Sura Sabaʾ (سورة سبا). The script seems to correspond to the Abbasid Style B.Ia or B.Ib as described by F. Deroche.
Title: al-Qurʼān (ajzāʾ)
Title: القرآت
Title: Qurʼān xxxiii, 52-xxxiv, 10.
Language(s): Arabic
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Physical Description
Form: codex
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History
Origin: 2nd or 3rd century AH; 8th or 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
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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