Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-565/1

Former shelfmark

Total pages

85 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

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

"A selection of the suras of the Oran. These choices of suras used to serve as amulets. They have different contents, but usually begin with the sura al-An'am, hence the name. This selection begins with sura al-An'am and ends with sura al-Nas. At the end of the collection are written certain Qur'anic prayers and hadiths. Folio Ib-85b; 16.5 x 11 (11.5 x 6.5); 11 lines per page. Nash, vocalised, written in a very skilful handwriting. On leaves 1b, 2a, 59b, 60a, 60b, 61a, 63a, 63b, 64a, 64b, 65a, 65b, there are beautifully crafted titles decorated with gold. Black ink, poor quality, unstable when exposed to humidity. Thin, smooth, dark white, unwatermarked paper of oriental origin. The text is framed by a thick gilt band, reinforced on the outside with two loops and a thin black line on the inside. Leaves partially affected by humidity. Foliation added later with graphite pencil. Leather binding, original, damaged by humidity and with wormholes. Decorative embossed knobs on the outside of the cover have been damaged by humidity and wormholes over time. "

Entry author

Marina Santana