A Study on Qur'an Manuscripts in the Vatican Library in terms of Physical and Content Features

Gözeler E.

CUMHURIYET ILAHIYAT DERGISI-CUMHURIYET THEOLOGY JOURNAL, cilt.21, sa.3, ss.1437-1496, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.18505/cuid.322503
  • Dergi Adı: CUMHURIYET ILAHIYAT DERGISI-CUMHURIYET THEOLOGY JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1437-1496
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: The Qur'an, Mushaf, Qur'an Manuscripts, Vatican Library, Physical Descriptions of Manuscripts, Names of the Surahs, Knowledge on Meccan-Medinan Surahs
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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