Alba Fedeli

Italy · Philologist of early Qurʾānic manuscripts

Alba Fedeli is a philologist who studied Classical Philology at the Università Cattolica in Milan and completed a PhD at the University of Birmingham (2011-2015) on early Qur’anic manuscripts and the papers of Alphonse Mingana. Her work covers palaeography, manuscript provenance, phylogenetic analysis and digital editions, including the digitisation of the Mingana-Lewis palimpsest at Cambridge University Library. She has been a research associate at the Asien-Afrika-Institut of the University of Hamburg. She has published on variant readings in the oldest Qur’anic witnesses and on the collecting history of Qur’anic fragments.

This scholar is also listed in the Quran Hub’s manuscript scholars catalogue. The list of works here is compiled from publisher, library and university pages and is not exhaustive; check details against the publisher’s record before citing.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Biography sources: cobhuni.uni-hamburg.de · etheses.bham.ac.uk · intersame.uni-hamburg.de

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Articles & essays 3

ARTICLE 2009 · English · Manuscripta Orientalia 15(1)

Relevance of the oldest qur'ānic manuscripts for the readings in the commentaries, with a note on Sura Ṭā-Hā

Compares readings in early manuscripts with those quoted in commentaries.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Manuscripta Orientalia 15(1)

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Fedeli, Alba. Relevance of the oldest qur'ānic manuscripts for the readings in the commentaries, with a note on Sura Ṭā-Hā. 2009. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/alba-fedeli/#alba-fedeli-relevance-of-the-oldest-qur-anic-manuscripts

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ARTICLE 2011 · English · Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 2(1)

The digitization project of the Qur'ānic palimpsest of Mingana-Lewis and verification of its edition

Reports on digitising the Mingana-Lewis Qur'anic palimpsest and checking its published edition against the images.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 2(1)

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Fedeli, Alba. The digitization project of the Qur'ānic palimpsest of Mingana-Lewis and verification of its edition. 2011. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/alba-fedeli/#alba-fedeli-the-digitization-project-of-the-qur-anic

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ARTICLE 2011 · English · Manuscripta Orientalia 17(1)

The provenance of the manuscript Mingana Islamic Arabic 1572

Investigates the origin of a Qur'anic manuscript in the Mingana collection.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Manuscripta Orientalia 17(1)

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Fedeli, Alba. The provenance of the manuscript Mingana Islamic Arabic 1572. 2011. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/alba-fedeli/#alba-fedeli-the-provenance-of-the-manuscript-mingana-islamic

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Papers 3

CHAPTER 2005 · English · In Ohlig & Puin (eds.), Die dunklen Anfänge, Verlag Hans Schiler, Berlin

Early evidences of variant readings in Qur'ānic manuscripts

Examines variant readings attested in early Qur'anic manuscripts.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: In Ohlig & Puin (eds.), Die dunklen Anfänge, Verlag Hans Schiler, Berlin

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Fedeli, Alba. Early evidences of variant readings in Qur'ānic manuscripts. 2005. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/alba-fedeli/#alba-fedeli-early-evidences-of-variant-readings-in-qur

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CHAPTER 2012 · English · In Groß & Ohlig (eds.), Die Entstehung einer Weltreligion II, Verlag Hans Schiler, Berlin

Variants and substantiated qirā'āt in the oldest manuscripts

Assesses variant readings in the oldest manuscripts against the later qirā'āt tradition.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: In Groß & Ohlig (eds.), Die Entstehung einer Weltreligion II, Verlag Hans Schiler, Berlin

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Fedeli, Alba. Variants and substantiated qirā'āt in the oldest manuscripts. 2012. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/alba-fedeli/#alba-fedeli-variants-and-substantiated-qira-at-in-the

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PAPER 2015 · English · PhD thesis, University of Birmingham

Early Qur'ānic manuscripts, their text, and the Alphonse Mingana papers held in the Department of Special Collections of the University of Birmingham

Studies seven seventh-century Qur'anic fragments bought by Mingana, traces their provenance, and proposes XML-based digital philology for recording them.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: etheses.bham.ac.uk

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Fedeli, Alba. Early Qur'ānic manuscripts, their text, and the Alphonse Mingana papers held in the Department of Special Collections of the University of Birmingham. 2015. https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/5864/. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/alba-fedeli/#alba-fedeli-early-qur-anic-manuscripts-their-text-and

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