Qur'ans of the Umayyads : a first overview /

Qur'ans of the Umayyads : a first overview /

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the Umayyad period (660-750 C.E.) are analysed and presented on the basis of a selection of material in good part unpublished. In Qur'ans of the Umayyads , François Déroche offers a chronology of the various develo...

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Other Authors: Déroche, François.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill. c2014.

Series: Leiden Studies in Islam and Society 1.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248731.

Subjects:

Qurʼan > Manuscripts.
Qurʼan > Criticism, Textual.
Qurʼan > History.

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Call Number: BP100.3 .D47 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Transcribing the Qurʾan in Early Umayyad Times: The Codex Parisino-petropolitanus
  • The Written Transmission of the Qurʾan in Ḥijāzī Script. A General Appraisal
  • The Transformation of the Muṣḥaf
  • Imperial Scriptoria?
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Manuscripts
  • Figures.