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Qur’ans of the Umayyads. A First OverviewFrançois Déroche, EPHE, ParisFor 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the Umayyad period (660-750 C.E.) are analysed and presented on the basis of a selection of material in good part unpublished. In  Qur’ans of the Umayyads, François Déroche offers a chronology of the various developments which marked the period, in an approach combining philology, art history, codicology and palaeography. The conclusions he reaches challenge the traditional account about the writing down of the Qur’an and throw a new light on the role of the Umayyads in its handwritten diffusion.Biographical noteFrançois 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.Table of contentsList of figuresAbbreviationsForeword IntroductionChapter 1Transcribing the Qur’ân in early Umayyad times:The Codex Parisino-petropolitanus Chapter 2The written transmission of the Qur’ân in ḥijāzī scriptA general appraisal Chapter 3The transformation of the muṣḥaf Chapter 4Imperial ‘scriptoria’?ConclusionBibliographyIllustrationsIndex of ManuscriptsInfos:ISBN 13: 9789004255654E-ISBN: 9789004261853Pages, Illustr.: Approx. 226 pp. (with 45 ill.)Imprint: BRILLLanguage: EnglishMain Series: Leiden Studies in Islam and SocietyISSN: 2210-8920Volume: 1Price: 55€http://www.brill.com/qur-ans-umayyads