Qur'ans of the Umayyads: A First Overview

by François Déroche

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the Umayyad period (660-750 C.E.) are analysed and presented on the basis of a selection of material in good part unpublished. In Qur'ans of the Umayyads, Fran?ois D?roche offers a chronology of the various developments which marked the period, in an approach combining philology, art history, codicology and palaeography. The conclusions he reaches challenge the traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004255656
• ISBN13: 9789004255654
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"