P. Michaélidès No. 32 - A Qur'anic Manuscript On Papyrus From 1st Century Hijra
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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
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Folios from the manuscript (a) recto and (b) verso.
Date
1st century hijra.
Size
14.8 cm. x 5.9 cm. Brown, fine papyrus.
Contents
Recto (left hand side): Sūrah 54:11-38, 20 lines.
Verso (right hand side): Sūrahs 54:45-55, 55:1-32; 18 lines.
Script
Ḥijāzī.
In the end of line 4, at the end of the verse 50, a verse division mark is visible. Sūrah 54 is divided from 55 by two parallel horizontal lines running over the full width of the page, and filled in with an undulating line with pearls in the compartment.
Location
Collection George Michaélidès, Cairo (Egypt).
References
[1] A. Grohmann, "The Problem Of Dating Early Qur'ans", 1958, Der Islam, pp. 222-228.
[2] B. Gruendler, The Development Of The Arabic Scripts: From The Nabatean Era To The First Islamic Century According To The Dated Texts, 1993, Harvard Semitic Series No. 43, Scholars Press: Atlanta, GA., p. 169.
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