HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION OF RADEN KH SHOLEH DRAJAT’S AL-QUR’AN MUSHAF MANUSCRIPT THROUGH THE CODICOLOGICAL APPROACH

Abstract

This study aims to discuss the interpretation of history in Raden KH Sholeh Drajat’s Al-Qur’an Manuscript in Lamongan, East Java, focusing on the codicology aspect. The study was conducted by combining field research and literature study following philological theory based on a codicological approach. The results of this study indicated that this manuscript appeared in the village of Drajat, subdistrict of Paciran, Lamongan city in the 19th century, based on the type of the paper and the illumination. The paper was European paper with medallion watermark encrypted with Propatria. The scripts used mixed rasm and simple writing mechanics (without tajwid and mad). The use of floral illuminations in manuscripts shows that the manuscript was born with nuances of the archipelago. The writing of verses and pronunciations was not free from errors or corrupt texts, with classifications in the form of corrected errors, addition, and subtraction of pronunciations. This study strengthens the context-historical description of the manuscript, especially through codicological text analysis.