Qur'ans of the Umayyads: A First Overview
โ Scribed by Franรงois Dรฉroche
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Publishers
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 207
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
For the first time, the dramatic changes the Qur'anic code underwent during the Umayyad period (660-750 C.E.) are analysed and presented on the basis of a selection of material in good part unpublished. Winner of 23rd I.R. Iran World Award for the Book of the Year 2016!
โฆ Table of Contents
Contents
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Transcribing the Qur'an in Early Umayyad Times: The Codex Parisino-petropolitanus
Chapter 2. The Written Transmission of the Qur'an in Hijazi Script. A General Appraisal
Chapter 3. The Transformation of the Mushaf
Appendix I
Chapter 4. Imperial Scriptoria?
Conclusion
Bibliography
Sources
Studies
Index of Manuscripts
Figures
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