The Qurʾan and Its Handwritten Transmission - (Documenta Coranica) (Hardcover)

About the Book

A series of papers on the latest developments in the study of Qur'an manuscripts (history of the text, art history, diffusion among Muslim communities)

Book Synopsis

Qurʾan manuscripts are a growing field of research: art historians, specialists of the text, historians of the Muslim communities through the ages and the areas are exploring new avenues which are illustrated in this book. From the Western part of the Islamicate world to India, from the early decades of Islam to the fifteenth century, from the glamorous Blue Qurʾan to the modest copies circulating in sixteenth-century Spain, the authors of the various papers draw the attention to the many ways.