Surah 80:0

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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 343

1 of 3codex_00599

Variants & TyposDiacritical marks are generally absent, save for a few later additions. Vocalization is partially indicated using red dots, while hamza is marked with yellow dots. The shadda is occasionally marked using a modern sign added in red.

DateAD 900 (Mid 8th to Late 9th Century AD)

Script StyleKūfī D

Current LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Found LocationFustat (Old Cairo), Egypt

Quranic RangeQ 2:23-71, Q 2:99-113, Q 2:127-4:71, Q 4:84-7:36, Q 7:52-10:107, Q 11:34-15:85, Q 16:20-17:64, Q 18:87-21:82, Q 21:111-41:19, Q 41:42-46:15, Q 48:11-26, Q 51:10-53, Q 52:40-58:8, Q 60:2-70:7, Q 71:9-91:2, Q 100:8-108:3

Context & Details

The manuscript uses decorative medallions and bands to mark every ten verses, rather than separating individual verses. A marginal note in cursive script reveals it was once owned by Aḥmad Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Huwaydī, with later readers adding pious notes in the margins.

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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 349 (b)

2 of 3codex_00620

DateAD 900 (Mid 8th to Late 9th Century AD)

Script StyleKufic D.IV

Current LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Found LocationFustat (Old Cairo), Egypt

Quranic RangeQ 6:16-28, Q 7:146-155, Q 45:4-17, Q 64:14-111:5

Context & Details

This manuscript is notable for its intricate verse markers, featuring irregular golden 'hāʾ' letters for five-verse groupings and specific squares with golden alphanumeric characters for ten-verse groupings. The final surviving folio features an archaic, three-sided golden illuminated band decorated with red and green dots, indicating the approaching end of the codex.

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Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Wetzstein II 1943 (Ahlwardt 365)

3 of 3codex_00481

Variants & TyposDiacritical marks are very rarely used, with the exception of the final 'nūn' (ن). Vowels and nunation (tanwīn) are abundantly indicated using red dots. A notable orthographic deviation is the frequent absence of the Alif of prolongation (long 'ā') in words such as 'al-ʿādiyāt' (العديت instead of العاديات) and 'insān' (انسن instead of انسان).

DateAD 999 (9th to 10th Century AD)

Script Stylekūfī D.IV

Current LocationStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin

Found LocationDamascus, Syria

Quranic RangeQ 67:4-111:4

Context & Details

This 19-folio parchment fragment is written in the Abbasid-era kūfī D.IV script. It was acquired by Johann Gottfried Wetzstein, the Prussian consul in Damascus, during his tenure in the mid-19th century.

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 343

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 349 (b)

Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Wetzstein II 1943 (Ahlwardt 365)

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