Codex Auctionalis – A Qur'ānic Manuscript From Second Half Of 1st Century Hijra
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Last Updated: 2nd October 2019
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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
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Sotheby's October 2010, Lot 3 |
Christie's April 2011, Lot 10 |
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Christie's October 2013, Lot 50 |
Sotheby's October 2019, Lot 104 |
Date
1st century hijra / Late-7th century or early 8th century CE
Size & Folios
Approximately 33 cm x 23 cm.
Total number of folios are 5 = 1 (Sotheby's October 2010, Lot 3)[1] + 1 (Christie's April 2011, Lot 10)[2] + 1 (Christie's October 2013, Lot 50)[3] + 1 (Sotheby's October 2015, Lot 56)[4] + 1 (Sotheby's October 2019, Lot 104).[5]
History Of The Manuscript
Single folios of this codex have appeared at auction houses such as Sotheby's and Christie's every few years. As far as we are aware, there are no other folios of this codex in the museums and libraries around the world that have been published. The name "Codex Auctionalis" highlights this fact.
Script & Ornamentation
It is written in the ḥijāzī script in sepia ink on vellum. There are 22-23 lines per folio. Sūrah headings are in red perhaps written by a later hand. Also seen are red vocalisation markers and dotted roundel verse markers. Consonant are differentiated by dots.
Contents
The contents of the codex, as tabulated below, are gathered from the published data.
Codex Auctionalis Folios Qur'anic Sūrah Image Publication Comments 1r 6:141 - 6:149 Sotheby's October 2010, Lot 3 – 1v 6:150 - 6:158 Sotheby's October 2010, Lot 3 – 2r 7:169 - 7:180 Christie's October 2013, Lot 50 – 2v 7:180 - 7:194 Christie's October 2013, Lot 50 – 3r 9:48 - 9:60 Sotheby's October 2019, Lot 104 – 3v 9:61 - 9:71 Sotheby's October 2019, Lot 104 – 4r 38:76 - 38:88; 39:1 - 39:7 Sotheby's October 2015, Lot 56 – 4v 39:7 - 39:21 Sotheby's October 2015, Lot 56 – 5r 40:66 - 40:82 – – 5v 40:82 - 40:85; 41:1 - 41:10 Christie's April 2011, Lot 10 –
Location
Private collections.
References
[1] Arts Of The Islamic World, 6 October 2010, 2010, Sotheby's: London, pp. 10-11 (Lot 3).
[2] Arts Of The Islamic And Indian Worlds: Including Works From The Simon Digby Collection, Thursday 7 April 2011, 2011, Christie's: London, pp. 16-17 (Lot 10).
[3] Art Of The Islamic And Indian Worlds: Including A Private Collection Donated To Benefit The University Of Oxford, Part IV, Thursday 10th October 2013, 2013, Christie's: London, pp. 50-51 (Lot 50).
[4] Arts Of The Islamic World, 22 April 2015, 2015, Sotheby's: London (Lot 56).
[5] Arts Of The Islamic World, 23 October 2019, 2019, Sotheby's: London, pp. 10-11 (Lot 104).
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