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‘An Arabic Qurʾān, that you might understand’: Qurʾān fragments in the T-S Arabic Cairo genizah collection

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Abstract

The Arabic-script Qurʾān fragments of the Cairo genizah collections have not yet drawn much interest among Arabic and genizah scholars. This paper aims to bring them to the attention of a broader audience by presenting the palaeographic features (§3) and vocalisation systems (§4) of eleven Arabic-script Qurʾān fragments from the Cambridge University Library’s Taylor-Schechter Arabic collection. While the focus of this paper is the physical appearance of these Qurʾān leaves, their presence in the Cairo genizah (§1.1) – a Jewish ‘storeroom’ for retired sacred texts – is also tentatively explored (§1.2, §5).

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46 Information and Computing Sciences, 4610 Library and Information Studies, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology

Journal Title

Journal of Islamic Manuscripts

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Journal ISSN

1878-4631
1878-4631

Volume Title

11

Publisher

Brill
Sponsorship
Isaac Newton Trust (18.08(P))
Leverhulme Trust (ECF-2018-024)
Leverhulme Trust; Isaac Newton Trust; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation