Al-Tawhid-Manuscripts of the Holy Quran
Kazim Mudir Shanehchi
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18. The Codex of al-‘Imam Musa ibn Ja’far (A)
The codex attributed to Musa ibn Ja’far (A) contains verses beginning from verse 265 of Surat al-Baqarah and ending with verse 84 of Surat Al ‘Imran. It is written on medium octavo folios with each page comprising 6 lines. It is kept at the library of al-‘Imam al-Rida’s shrine and bears the serial number 20. It has been endowed to the sacred shrine by Shah ‘Abbas Safawi. In earlier times the text and the margins of this Qur’an written on parchment were pasted with a thick paper of the same color.