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The recto of the first folio of codex Parisino-petropolitanus. The style is Hijazi script.

The codex Parisino-petropolitanus is one of the oldest extant manuscripts of the Quran. It is held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and so also has the name BNF Arabe 328.

The manuscript

Many parts of the codex are lost. Originally it contained an estimated 210 to 220 leaves, but now only 70 remain.[1] It begins with the final words of surah 2:275, "وأمره إلى الله ومن عاد فأولئك أصحاب النار هم فيها خالدون", and ends at 72:2, with lacunae in between. Overall, it contains about 40% of the Quranic text.[1] It was produced by five scribes, probably working concurrently in order to meet demand for a fast production.[2] All of the hands use the Hijazi script.

Déroche says that the production of codex Parisino-petropolitanus could be dated as far back as the late 7th century CE (third quarter of the 1st century AH).[2] Others agree with a date in the early 8th century CE, which Déroche also advocated in some of his earlier work.[3] Still some suggest significantly later dates.[4] It has been well-recognized as one of the oldest extant manuscripts of the Quran.[5]

Déroche writes of many mere orthographic differences between the text of the codex Parisino-petropolitanus and the standard text of today.[6] Overall, the contents of the text are not hugely different from those of today's Quran.[7] Orthography does not explain all of the differences, however.[8] Some remaining differences can be explained as copyist mistakes.[9] A few others are substantive variants according to Déroche, including some non-canonical variants.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Déroche 2009, p. 172.
  2. ^ a b Déroche 2009, p. 177.
  3. ^ Dutton 2001, p. 71.
  4. ^ Dutton 2001, pp. 71 & 85.
  5. ^ Rippin 2009, p. 706.
  6. ^ Déroche 2009, p. 173.
  7. ^ Rippin 2009, p. 708.
  8. ^ Déroche 2009, p. 174.
  9. ^ Déroche 2009, p. 175.
  10. ^ Déroche 2009, p. 176–177.

See also

References

  • Déroche, François (2009). La transmission écrite du Coran dans les débuts de l'islam: le codex Parisino-petropolitanus. Brill Publishers. ISBN 9004172726. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |first= at position 1 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |last= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Déroche, François (2013). Qur’ans of the Umayyads: A First Overview. Brill Publishers. ISBN 9789004261853. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |first= at position 1 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |last= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Dutton, Yasin (2001). "An early muṣḥaf according to the reading of Ibn ʻĀmir". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 3 (1): 71–89. doi:10.3366/jqs.2001.3.1.71. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |first= at position 1 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |last= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Rippin, Andrew (2009). "Review: La transmission écrite du Coran dans les débuts de l'islam: le codex Parisino-petropolitanus, by François Déroche". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 129 (4): 706–708. JSTOR 25766923. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |first= at position 1 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |last= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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