Surah 31:0
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Cairo, Khedivial Library, Moritz 1905, table 31-36
1 of 3codex_00346
DateAD 900 (8th to 9th Century AD)
Script StyleKūfī
Current LocationUnknown (formerly Khedivial Library, Cairo)
Found LocationUnknown
Quranic RangeQ 2:285-3:3, Q 4:147-153, Q 5:119-6:4, Q 7:205-8:3, Q 12:109-13:2, Q 17:111-18:6
Context & Details
The physical manuscript is currently lost and its origin is unknown; it survives today only through six photographs published in Bernhard Moritz's monumental 1905 album 'Arabic Palaeography'.
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Arabe 340 (b)
2 of 3codex_00585
DateAD 900 (8th to 9th Century AD)
Script StyleUnclassified (Analogous to Early Abbasid Groups A and B)
Current LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Found LocationFustat (Old Cairo), Egypt
Quranic RangeQ 30:23-36:51
Context & Details
This fragmentary manuscript on parchment features an unclassified script with analogies to Early Abbasid groups A and B. A later reader notably added marginal indications in green ink to show a seven-part division of the text, placed within a circle.
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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 345 (a)
3 of 3codex_00600
DateAD 1000 (Mid-8th to Late 10th Century AD)
Script StyleKufic E.I
Current LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Found LocationFustat (Old Cairo), Egypt
Quranic RangeQ 5:45-53, Q 5:93-110, Q 18:47-72, Q 29:17-30, Q 30:53-31:11, Q 37:132-38:20
Context & Details
This manuscript is notable for its polychrome dotting, employing red dots for vocalization and green dots for hamza. Additionally, sura titles and verse counts are distinctively inscribed in yellow ink using a different script style (Group D).