The Khalili Collection contains the largest and most comprehensive range of Qur'anic material in private hands. This, the first of four volumes devoted to the subject, covers the three major styles of Qur'anic calligraphy that came into existence before AD 1000. The catalogue contains 98 items which are described and illustrated in colour. Included among these are a significant number of complete manuscripts, some with their original bindings; two folios from the famous 9th-century Qur'an which was written in gold on blue parchment; and two quires from a 10th-century Qur'an, the only copy known to have been produced in Sicily. The introduction includes a survey of the codicology and illumination of early Qur'ans, and discusses problems of classification and dating. The author's system of classifying early Qur'anic scripts is set out in five tables, and the calligraphic styles themselves are discussed in three essays (Hijazi script; Early Abbasid scripts, and the New Style).

The Abbasid Tradition: Qur'ans of the 8th to 10th Centuries AD (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL I)

Arts & Photography

Déroche, François

History & Criticism

A revelatory account of early Islam's great diversity by the world's leading scholar of early Qur'anic manuscripts &nbsp; "There is no one better placed than François Déroche to write the history--and tell the story--of how the Quran went from words uttered by Muhammad to inviolable canonical scripture. This is a meticulous, lucid, and fascinating book."--Shawkat Toorawa, Yale University&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; According to Muslim dogma, the recited and written text of the Qur'an as we know it today scrupulously reflects the divine word as it was originally sent down to Muhammad. An examination of early Islamic sources, including accounts of prophetic sayings, all of them compared with the oldest Qur'anic manuscripts, reveal that plurality was in fact the outstanding characteristic of the genesis and transmission of the Qur'an, both textually and orally. &nbsp; By piecing together information about alternative wordings eliminated from the canonical version that gradually came to be imposed during the first centuries of Islam, François Déroche shows that the Qur'an long remained open to textual diversity. Not only did the faithful initially adopt a flexible attitude toward the Qur'anic text, an attitude strikingly at odds with the absolute literalism later enforced by Muslim orthodoxy, but Muhammad himself turns out to have been more concerned with the meaning than the letter of the divine message.

The One and the Many: The Early History of the Qur'an

Religion & Spirituality

Islam

Yale University Press

This splendid book describes the Qur'ans of the eight to tenth centuries in the Khalili Collection. It provides an exotically illustrated catalogue with detailed scholarship encompassing the history of the subject.

The Abbasid Tradition (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)

Khalili Collections

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. Winner of 23rd I.R. Iran World Award for the Book of the Year 2016!

Qur'ans of the Umayyads: A First Overview (Leiden Studies in Islam and Society, 1)

Brill Academic Pub

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The Abbasid Tradition: Qur'ans of the 8th to 10th Centuries AD (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL I)

The One and the Many: The Early History of the Qur'an

The Abbasid Tradition (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)

Qur'ans of the Umayyads: A First Overview (Leiden Studies in Islam and Society, 1)