Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-333

Former shelfmark

Total pages

47 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

النعام

Language

Arabic

Script

Arabic

Incipit

Incipit position

Explicit

Explicit position

Preservation state

Released date

1814

Released place

Other dates

Other places

Colophon

Colophon position

General decoration

Yes

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Marginalia

Yes

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

Jahic (2011). Catalogue Arabic, Turkish, Persiand and Bosnian Mss Sarajevo Historical Archive Vol. 2

Descriptive card

"Selection of suras from the Qur'an. These types of sura selections generally served as talismans. They vary in content, but generally begin with the sura Al-An'am, hence the name. This selection begins with the sura Al-An'am and ends with a supplication in Arabic. Fol. 47: 16.2 x 11.2 (11 x 6.5) 11 lines. Vocalised Naskh script, written with a sharp pen and a skilled hand. On folios 1b, 2a, 29b, 30a, 38b and 39a, there are beautiful floral decorations, coloured with gold and green. Black ink, of poor quality, vulnerable to contact with humidity. Thin, smooth, dark white paper, with watermark of European origin. The leaves are separated by damp and insect damage, scattered and detached from the binding. In the margins of some leaves there are notes on corrections to the text, and on folios 44b-45b, next to the supplication, the names of the sheikhs where the supplication originated have been added. Semi-circular binding, original, with a flap and an additional wax reinforcement on the spine. The manuscript was kept in a box decorated with floral motifs. In the margins of the manuscript is a note indicating that it is a copy completed in 1299-1814, completed by Ahmed al-Husain as-Sa'idi b. Hamid efendi as-Saydi b. Hamid efendi as-Sayyidi."

Entry author

Marina Santana