The Abbasid Tradition: Qur'ans of the 8th to 10th Centuries AD

by François Déroche

The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art contains the largest and most comprehensive range of Qur'anic material in private hands. The entire history of Qur'an production from the seventh to the twentieth century is covered, and includes items from centers as far apart as India and Spain. A team of distinguished academics is cataloguing the entire collection, which is to encompass a series of twenty-six volumes. The Qur'ans in this collection are described and illustrated in four lavish volumes, of which this is the first; it covers the eighth to the tenth centuries.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1992

About the author

François Déroche, professor at the Collège de France, is the world’s foremost authority on early Qur’anic manuscripts and a leading scholar of the history of the Arabic book.