Codex Marcel 18/2 – A Qur'ānic Manuscript From 1st Century Of Hijra
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Folio 21r |
Folio 23r |
Folios from Codex Marcel 18/2.
Date
1st century of hijra.
History Of The Manuscript
This manuscript was kept at the ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ mosque, Fusṭāṭ until, at the end of the 18th century, a member of French expedition to Egypt, Jean-Joseph Marcel, acquired a few leaves which, in 1864, became part of the collection of what is now known as National Library of Russia at St. Petersburgh. A few years later another Frenchman, Jean-Louis Asselin de Cherville (d. 1822), a consular agent of France in Cairo from 1806 to 1822, was able to buy a larger number of folios. These were passed to the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, in 1833, and became part of Arabe 328 collection of Qur'an manuscripts. François Déroche was the first person to give a brief description in his handlist of manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.[1] He also established the connection between the folios at Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, and National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg.[2]
Size & Folios
Parchment manuscript with an approximate size of 32.5 cm x 25.0 cm.
Total number of folios are 23 =20 (Marcel 18/2, National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg) + 3 (Arabe 328d, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris). The extant folios contain ~9.5% of the text of the Qur'an.
Script & Ornamentation
Ḥijāzī or ḥijāzī-like. B1a according to the classification of Déroche. Manuscript on parchment, text in black ink. The consonants are occasionally differentiated by dashes. Five oval points punctuate the verses. Groups of verses is not indicated. There are 23-26 lines per page. Lead pencil line used to define margins is visible.
Contents
Below are the published information of folios in this codex.
Codex Marcel 18/2 Folio Number Qur'anic Surah Image Publication Comments 1r 25:72 – 25:77; 26:1 – 26:15 – Marcel 18/2 1v 26:15 – 26:40 – Marcel 18/2 2r 26:41 – 26:64 – Marcel 18/2 2v 26:64 – 26:96 – Marcel 18/2 3r 26:97 – 26:129 – Marcel 18/2 3v 26:130 – 26:158 – Marcel 18/2 4r 26:159 – 26:189 – Marcel 18/2 4v 26:189 – 26:225 – Marcel 18/2 5r 26:225 – 26:227; 27:1 – 27:12 – Marcel 18/2 5v 27:12 – 27:23 – Marcel 18/2 6r 27:23 – 27:39 – Marcel 18/2 6v 27:39 – 27:49 – Marcel 18/2 7r 27:49 – 27:63 – Marcel 18/2 7v 27:64 – 27:82 – Marcel 18/2 8r 27:82 – 27:93 – Marcel 18/2 8v 28:1 – 28:11 – Marcel 18/2 9r 28:11 – 28:20 – Marcel 18/2 9v 28:20 – 28:29 – Marcel 18/2 10r 28:29 – 28:39 – Marcel 18/2 10v 28:39 – 28:48 – Marcel 18/2 11r 28:48 – 28:59 – Marcel 18/2 11v 28:59 – 28:72 – Marcel 18/2 12r 28:72 – 28:80 – Marcel 18/2 12v 28:80 – 28:88 – Marcel 18/2 13r 29:1 – 29:12 – Marcel 18/2 13v 29:12 – 29:23 – Marcel 18/2 14r 29:23 – 29:33 – Marcel 18/2 14v 29:33 – 29:43 – Marcel 18/2 15r 29:43 – 29:53 – Marcel 18/2 15v 29:54 – 29:67 – Marcel 18/2 16r 29:67 – 29:69; 30:1 –30:10 – Marcel 18/2 16v 30:10 – 30:24 – Marcel 18/2 17r 30:24 – 30:36 – Marcel 18/2 17v 30:36 – 30:46 – Marcel 18/2 18r 30:46 – 30:55 – Marcel 18/2 18v 30:55 – 30:60; 31:1 – 31:7 Déroche, 2014 Marcel 18/2 19r 31:7 – 31:18 – Marcel 18/2 19v 31:18 – 31:28 – Marcel 18/2 20r 31:28 – 31:34; 32:1 – 32:4 – Marcel 18/2 20v 32:4 – 32:16 – Marcel 18/2 21r 42:6 – 42:15 – Arabe 328d 21v 42:15 – 42:23 – Arabe 328d 22r 42:23 – 42:33 – Arabe 328d 22v 42:33 – 42:45 – Arabe 328d 23r 42:45 – 42:53 – Arabe 328d 23v 42:53; 43:1 – 43:17 – Arabe 328d
Location
National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg (Russia); Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
References
[1] F. Déroche, Catalogue Des Manuscrits Arabes: Deuxième Partie: Manuscrits Musulmans - Tome I, 1: Les Manuscrits Du Coran: Aux Origines De La Calligraphie Coranique, 1983, Bibliothèque Nationale: Paris, p. 67.
[2] F. Déroche, Qurʾans Of The Umayyads: A First Overview, 2014, Koninklijke Brill nv: Leiden (The Netherlands), pp. 56-57 & Fig. 13.
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