The form of the Qur’an developed from the Yemeni parchment Archived at dra Manuscripts in Sana’a

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1 Professor of Islamic Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Sana'a University. Vice Dean of the Faculty

2 أستاذ الاثار الإسلامية المشارك جامعة عدن

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The Qur’anic parchments discovered in the Grand Mosque in Sana’a are of great importance as they shed light on the oldest...

The most important of them are the parchments, which date back to between the first and fifth centuries AH. In addition, their number is about forty thousand parchments, representing approximately eleven thousand copies of the Qur’an. In addition, they were written on and erased

In addition, the calligraphy on it varied between Hijazi and Kufic with its various stages of calligraphy.

The story of this discovery indicates that the Grand Mosque in Sana’a contained a large number of Qur’an copies written on parchment, whether in Hijazi or Kufic pen, in different sizes and in multiple forms and types of calligraphy, according to the development of this script.

to the development of the script on it, starting with the form, dictionary and decoration, adding chapter breaks, verses, fifths and tenths, and decorating the cover of the Qur’an and its borders, as follows

First, the research will talk about the writing down of the Holy Qur’an, then about the story of the discovery of the parchments, the history of these parchments using radioactive carbon 14, and a quick look at previous studies of these parchments.

Second: The Hijazi script executed on these parchments in stages, starting with the ost important results expected from this research

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