Codex Arabe 330g – A Qur'ānic Manuscript From 1st Century Hijra
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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
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Folios from the manuscript Arabe 330g (a) 4r, (b) 16v, (c) 20r, (d) 25v and (e) Ms. 1611-MKH235.
Date
1st century of hijra.
Accession Number
Arabe 330g
Size & Folios
Parchment manuscript with a size of 35.5 cm x 28.5 cm. Writing area: 28.5 cm x 24.5 cm. There are 19-22 lines per page.[1]
Total number of folios are 43 = 20 (Arabe 330g, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris) + 12 (Marcel 16, National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg) + 6 (Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151) + 4 (Is. 1615 II, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland) + 1 (Ms. 1611-MKH235, Beit al-Qur'an, Manama, Bahrain). Not taking into account fragmented folios, the rest contain about ~21% of the text of the Qur'an.
History Of The Manuscript
Not known.
Script & Ornamentation
Ḥijāzī.
The format is vertical, and the script which is thin and slender, also has a distinct vertical emphasis, without any slant to the right. The text is written in black ink. Diacritics are represented by oblique lines, and are partially worn. The qāf is recognizable to a stroke on the head of the letter. Vocalization is absent. Groups of two vertical rows of three or four oval dashes separate verses; groups of ten verses that were not originally identified are indicated by the addition of irregular black circles. The sūrahs are separated from each other by a gap. When the space was not left between sūrahs, the left over space between them was demarcated by two horizontal rows of points.
Ornamentation is absent. Folio 32v was not used presumably due to poor quality of the parchment.
Contents
The contents of the manuscript, as tabulated below, are gathered from the published data.
| Folios | Qur'anic Sūrah | Image Publication | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1r | 3:185 - 3:199 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 1v | 3:200 - 4:10 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 2r | 4:10 - 4:18 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 2v | 4:19 - 4:25 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 3r | 4:26 - 4:36 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 3v | 4:37 - 4:49 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 4r | 4:95 - 4:103 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 4v | 4:103 - 4:116 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 5r | 4:116 - 4:131 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 5v | 4:131 - 4:144 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 6r | 4:144 - 4:159 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 6v | 4:159 - 4:172 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 7r | 5:7 - 5:12 | – | Ms. 1611-MKH235 |
| 7v | – | – | Ms. 1611-MKH235 |
| 8r | 5:18 - | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 8v | – | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 9r | – | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 9v | – | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 10r | – | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 10v | – | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 11r | – | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 11v | – | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 12r | – | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 12v | - 5:106 | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 13r | 6:19 - | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 13v | - 6:41 | – | Rennes Encheres 2011, Lot 151 |
| 14r | 7:127 - 7:140 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 14v | 7:141 - 7:150 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 15r | 7:150 - 7:158 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 15v | 7:158 - 7:168 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 16r | 7:168 - 7:180 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 16v | 7:181 - 7:195 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 17r | 7:195 - 8:5 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 17v | 8:5 - 8:19 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 18r | 8:19 - 8:35 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 18v | 8:36 - 8:46 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 19r | 8:47 - 8:60 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 19v | 8:60 - 8:72 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 20r | 8:72 - 9:7 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 20v | 9:7 - 9:19 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 21r | 9:19 - 9:29 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 21v | 9:29 - 9:38 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 22r | 9:38 - 9:49 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 22v | 9:50 - 9:62 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 23r | 9:62 - 9:72 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 23v | – | – | Arabe 330g |
| 24r | 9:72 - 9:83 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 24v | 9:83 - 9:94 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 25r | 9:94 - 9:104 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 25v | 9:105 - 9:115 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 26r | 9:116 - 9:126 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 26v | 9:127 - 10:10 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 27r | 10:10 - 10:21 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 27v | 10:22 - 10:31 | – | Arabe 330g |
| 28r | 27:66 - 27:86 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 28v | 27:86 - 27:93; 28:1 - 28:7 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 29r | 28:7 - 28:19 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 29v | 28:19 - 28:30 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 30r | 28:30 - 28:41 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 30v | 28:41 - 28:53 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 31r | 28:53 - 28:65 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 31v | 28:65 - 28:78 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 32r | 28:78 - 28:88 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 32v | 29:1 - 29:15 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 33r | 29:15 - 29:27 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 33v | 29:27 - 29:40 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 34r | 29:40 - 29:52 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 34v | 29:52 - 29:67 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 35r | 29:67 - 29:69; 30:1 - 30:13 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 35v | 30:14 - 30:28 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 36r | 30:28 - 30:40 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 36v | 30:41 - 30:54 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 37r | 30:55 - 30:60; 31:1 - 31:12 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 37v | 31:12 - 31:23 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 38r | 33:13 - 33:23 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 38v | 33:23 - 33:35 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 39r | 33:35 - 33:43 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 39v | 33:44 - 33:53 | – | Marcel 16 |
| 40r | 85:3 - 87:5 | – | Is. 1615 II |
| 40v | 87:6 - 89:6 | – | Is. 1615 II |
| 41r | 89:7 - 90:20 | – | Is. 1615 II |
| 41v | 91:1 - 93:11 | – | Is. 1615 II |
| 42r | 94:1 - 97:4 | – | Is. 1615 II |
| 42v | 98:1 - 100:11 | – | Is. 1615 II |
| 43r | 101:1 - 105:1 | – | Is. 1615 II |
| 43v | 105:2 - 110:2 | – | Is. 1615 II |
Location
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (France); National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg (Russia); Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, (Ireland); Beit al-Qur'an, Manama (Bahrain); Private Collection.
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, pp. 145-146
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