Journal article
A Rediscovered Almoravid Qurʾān in the Bavarian State Library, Munich (Cod. arab. 4)
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This article examines and contextualizes a small Quranic manuscript, copied in al-Andalus in 533/1138–1139, whose importance has so far gone unrecognized. Among its many interesting features are: its early date; its lavish illumination; its colophon and the information contained therein; its system of notation and textual division; its use of different calligraphic styles, including Maghribī thuluth; and a series of didactic notes written at the beginning and end of the codex. Presented in th...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Brill Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Islamic Manuscripts Journal website
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 263-291
- Publication date:
- 2020-10-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-03-02
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1878-464X
- ISSN:
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1878-4631
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1145542
- Local pid:
- pubs:1145542
- Deposit date:
- 2020-11-16
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- Copyright holder:
- Umberto Bongianino
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © Umberto Bongianino, 2020. This is an open access article published under CC BY 4.0.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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