Earliest Qur’an Manuscripts
Construction workers renovating a mosque in Yemen in 1972 had no idea they had uncovered what are now believed to be the oldest surviving Qur’an manuscripts, with the parchments dating back around 1400 years.
Related collections you might be interested in:
- Virtual Manuscript Room (VMR)
- This digitised archive of rare and ancient manuscripts provides access to over 70 priceless parchments in Arabic, Persian and Greek and includes some of the oldest Qur’ans currently in existence.
- BRILL Journal Archive Online
- Over 100 publications with a strong focus on international studies.
- Internet Archaeology
- Archaeology’s first fully refereed e-journal.
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