al-Qurʼān (MS Or.770) al-Qurʼān (MS Or.770)
Probably 3rd century AH / 9th century CE
Cambridge University Library
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Fragments of an Abbasid Qurʼān, probably written in the third century AH / ninth century CE, containing verses from the suras: al-Dhārīyāt (سورة الذاريات), al-Ṭūr (سورة الطور), al-Najm (سورة النجم), al-Qamar (سورة القمر), and al-Raḥmān (سورة الرحمن). The manuscript also contains fine examples of early geometrical ornamentation at the front and back.
Fragments of an Abbasid Qurʼān, probably written in the third century AH / ninth century CE, containing verses from the suras: al-Dhārīyāt (سورة الذاريات), al-Ṭūr (سورة الطور), al-Najm (سورة النجم), al-Qamar (سورة القمر), and al-Raḥmān (سورة الرحمن). The manuscript also contains fine examples of early geometrical ornamentation at the front and back.
- Title: al-Qurʼān (MS Or.770) al-Qurʼān (MS Or.770)
- Date Created: Probably 3rd century AH / 9th century CE, Probably 3rd century AH / 9th century CE
- Rights: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge University Library
- View the fully digitised item in Cambridge Digital Library using this link: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-OR-00770/1, https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-OR-00770/1
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