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Birmingham Quran manuscript
Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham
folio 1 verso (right) and folio 2 recto
Date
Between c. 568 and 645
Language(s)
Arabic
Scribe(s)
Unknown
Material
Parchment
ink
Format
vertical
Script
Hijazi
Contents
Parts of Surahs 19 to 20
Accession
1572a
Quran
History
Waḥy
First revelation
Asbab al-Nuzul
Historicity
Manuscripts
Samarkand Kufic Quran
Sanaa manuscript
Topkapi manuscript
Birmingham manuscript
Divisions
Surah
List
Meccan
Medinan
Āyah
Juz'
Muqatta'at
Content
Prophets
Women
Animals
Legends
Miracles
Parables
Science
Eschatology
God
Reading
Qāriʾ
Hifz
Tajwid
Tarteel
Ahruf
Qira'at
Translations
List
English
Ahmadiyya
Exegesis
List
Hermeneutics
Esotericism
Abrogation
Biblical parallels
Related persons
Mentioned by name
Characteristics
I'jaz
Inerrancy
Related
Criticism
Quran and Sunnah
Quranism
Shi’a view
Category
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Comparison of a 20th-century edition of the Quran (left) and the Birmingham Quran manuscript (right)
The Birmingham Quran manuscript is a single sheet of parchment on which two leaves of an early Quranic manuscript or muṣḥaf have been written. In 2015, the manuscript, which is held by the University of Birmingham,[1] was radiocarbon dated to between 568 and 645 CE (in the Islamic calendar, between 56 before Hijrah and 24 after Hijrah).[2][3] It is part of the Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern manuscripts, held by the university's Cadbury Research Library.[2]
The manuscript is written in ink on parchment, using an Arabic Hejazi script and is still clearly legible.[3] The leaves preserve parts of Surahs 19 (Maryam) to 20 (Taha).[4] It was on display at the University of Birmingham in 2015 and then at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery until 5 August 2016.[5] The Cadbury Research Library has carried out multispectral analysis of the manuscript and XRF analysis of the inks.[6]
^"Virtual Manuscript Room". University of Birmingham. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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^"Tests show UK Quran manuscript is among world's oldest". CNN. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^Authi, Jasbir (22 July 2015). "Worldwide media frenzy as 'oldest Koran' found lying forgotten at University of Birmingham". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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