Qur'ans of the Umayyads: A First Overview (Leiden Studies in Islam and Society)
Francois Deroche, Ph.D. in History (1987, Sorbonne) is Professor of History and codicology of the Arabic handwritten book at Ecole pratique des hautes etudes in Paris. He has published Islamic Codicology (2005), La transmission ecrite du Coran dans les debuts de l'islam (2009) and many contributions on early Qur'anic manuscripts.