transmission ecrite du Coran dans les debuts de l'islam

The codex Parisino-petropolitanus is one of the earliest witnesses of the handwritten transmission of the Qur?anic text which has survived to this day. The various fragments which were part of the original manuscript are scattered among various collections; once put together, they provide a unique picture of the state of the text during the 7th century (orthography and textual peculiarities) and of the circumstances in which the canonical version as we know it today took shape physically. The present study, first of its kind, paves the way for a more accurate understanding of the beginning of Islam, based on a significant document, and of the evolution of the Qur?an during that period.Le codex Parisino-petropolitanus est l'un des plus anciens temoins de la transmission manuscrite du texte du Coran qui aient ete conserves. Ses differents fragments sont disperses entre plusieurs collections; une fois mis ensemble, ils donnent un apercu unique sur l'etat du texte au 7e siecle (orthographe et particularites textuelles) et sur les conditions dans lesquelles s'est organisee materiellement la constitution de la version canonique telle que nous la connaissons. Cette etude, premiere de son genre, ouvre la voie a une comprehension plus fine, appuyee sur un document significatif, des premiers temps de l'islam et de l'evolution du Coran au cours de cette periode.