"The research leading to this database has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement n°322849"
Folios
1r - 673v
Type
✓ Manuscript
Date
Scribe
Text
Languages
Scripts
Status
- Acephalous
- Apodous
- Lacunous
Comments
The text begins with the verse 2:101 and ends with the beginning of sura 98. Fol. 486 is bound in wrong place: it should be between fols 434 and 435. Lacuna between fols 652v and 653r. Fol. 398v is blank but no lacuna in the text. Some of the words are divided into two lines. Vocalized.
Incipit
1r
نبذ فريق من الذين اوتو الكا الكتاب كتاب الله وراء ظهورهم
Explicit
673v
حتى مطلع الفجر سورة البينة مدينة وهي تسع ايات بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لم
References
Paratexts
-
Throughout, Drawings / Decorations
Ǧuz’ markers consist of various circles in black: single, single with dot, double, double with a dot, quadruple, quadruple with dot. Some markers have the word ǧuz’ written either inside the circle or outside. Ṯumn markers in black.
-
658v,
The marginal note consists of Arabic letter forms or resemble them. The letters appear drawn rather than written and the letter combinations are unreadable. The only word that can be easily read is Allāh in the lower end of the framed area. The text could be a copy of an amulet.
-
668r,
The drawing consists of letter combination m-h drawn in a form of a cross.
-
672v,
Pentagram
-
37r, 58v, 68v, 103v, 199r, 222r, 255v, 272v, 281r, 295v, 327r, 360v, 494v, 541r, 586v, 595v, 596r, 599r, 615r, 627r, 637r, 639v, 652r, 661v, Drawings / Decorations
Various forms of circles: single, double, quadruple, in blue and red. Some of the marking the end or beginning of a sūra. The circle on fols 596r and 627r contain a cross.