A Study on Qurʾ ān Manuscripts in the Vatican Library in terms of Physical and Content Features

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Cumhuriyet Ilahiyat Dergisi, cilt.22, sa.1, ss.627-678, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.18505/cuid.418158
  • Dergi Adı: Cumhuriyet Ilahiyat Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.627-678
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tafsir, Qur'an Manuscripts, Mushaf, Vatican Library, Physical Descriptions of Manuscripts, Names of the Surahs, Know edge on Meccan-Medinan Surahs
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The history of the Qurʾānic text begins with the time of its revelation. The research on Qurʾānic manuscripts is one of the main fields of textua studies of the Qurʾān. There have been many works done by both Muslim and Western scholars. Many museums and libraries around the world hold Qurʾān manuscripts. each manuscript has its own characteristics such as orthography, calligraphy, decoration, and binding, number of the pages and the lines, and dating. This article deals with 110 Qurʾān manuscripts found in the Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostalica Vaticana) at the Vaticani arabi, Borgiani arabi, Barberiniani orientali and Rossiani Collections. The dates of these Qurʾān manuscripts ary from I/VII (?) and XIII/XIX centuries. The article aims to identify the features of Qurʾānic writing by studying chronologically some basic physical-content descriptions and characteristics of these manuscripts. It also examines the different names of the sūrahs and the now edge on Meccan or Medinan sūrahs presented on the sūrah headings of manuscripts.