Qur'ans of the Umayyads - A First Overview

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the Umayyad period (660-750 C.E.) are analysed and presented on the basis of a selection of material in good part unpublished.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!

About the author

François Déroche, Ph.D. in History (1987, Sorbonne) is Professor of History and codicology of the Arabic handwritten book at Ecole pratique des hautes études in Paris. He has published Islamic Codicology (2005), La transmission écrite du Coran dans les débuts de l'islam (2009) and many contributions on early Qurʾanic manuscripts.

Product details

• Authors: François Déroche
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.12.2013
• EAN: 9789004255654
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25565-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 244 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 341 g
• Series: Leiden Studies in Islam and So
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions