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Michaelides Fragments: Arabic : Qur‘ān fragment and pious pronouncements
Michaelides Fragments: Arabic
<p style='text-align: justify;'><a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(1);return false;'>Recto:</a> Fragment of the Qur‘ān. Surat al-Fātiḥa and al-Baqara. <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(2);return false;'>Verso:</a> Pious pronouncements based on Qur‘ānic verses. </p>
Date of Creation: 3rd century A.H./9th century A.D.
Language(s): Arabic
Extent: 1 leaf Leaf height: 21 cm, width: 13 cm.
Material: Papyrus
Condition: Small lacunae in the middle.
Script:
Final الف sometimes extends below the connecting stroke. ج/ح/خ are usually written with a single curved stroke. د/ذ approximate to a straight line. س/ش is written without teeth. Verso: mostly smaller hand than on the recto.
Layout: Writing on both sides. Recto, written in black ink, 9 lines, at right angles to the fibres. Verso, written in black ink, 10 lines, parallel to the fibres.
Acquisition: Bought from Michaelides in 1977.
Funding: TIMA
Data Source(s): Description based on an unpublished handlist by Professor Geoffrey Khan
Date of Creation: 3rd century A.H./9th century A.D.
Language(s): Arabic
Extent: 1 leaf Leaf height: 21 cm, width: 13 cm.
Material: Papyrus
Condition: Small lacunae in the middle.
Script:
Final الف sometimes extends below the connecting stroke. ج/ح/خ are usually written with a single curved stroke. د/ذ approximate to a straight line. س/ش is written without teeth. Verso: mostly smaller hand than on the recto.
Layout: Writing on both sides. Recto, written in black ink, 9 lines, at right angles to the fibres. Verso, written in black ink, 10 lines, parallel to the fibres.
Acquisition: Bought from Michaelides in 1977.
Funding: TIMA
Data Source(s): Description based on an unpublished handlist by Professor Geoffrey Khan
Author(s) of the Record: Gennady Kurin
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Title: Fragment
Section shown in images 2 to 2
Title: Pronouncement
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