Qur'ans of the Umayyads : a first overview /

For the first time, the dramatic changes the Qur'anic code underwent during the Umayyad period (660-750 C.E.) are analysed and presented on the basis of a selection of material in good part unpublished.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Déroche, François (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Series:Leiden studies in Islam and society ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Transcribing the Qurʼan in early Umayyad times: the Codex Parisino-
  • Petropolitanus
  • The written transmission of the Qurʼan in hijazi script: a general appraisal
  • The transformation of the mushaf
  • Imperial scriptoria?