Fragments from Early Copy of Quran Go to Turkey
Publish Date: 10/11/2014 Code: 34563

Fragments from Early Copy of Quran Go to Turkey

Fragments of a rare vellum Quran copy has become a Yildiz Holding Collection after Sotheby's London auction.

 

Fragments from Early Copy of Quran Go to Turkey

 

 Fragments of the Quran in Hijazi script from the first century Hijri are amongst the rarest and most revered of all examples of Islamic manuscript production, World Bulletin reported.

The Quran has been dated the second half of the 7th century or the beginning of 8th century according to the Gregorian calendar.

It consists of 5 separate pieces and every leaf has 6 to 14 lines that embroidered with brown ink.

These Hijazi leaves are considered the earliest examples of any Arabic manuscripts, therefore they are important not just for religious significance but in the development of Arabic as a written language.

The leaves contain verses from Surah al-Araf, Surah al-Anfal and Surah al- Taubah.

 

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