Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-603

Former shelfmark

Total pages

355 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

المصحف الشريف

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

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Marginalia

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

13 lines per page. Nash, vocalized. Fols. 1-28, 37-48, 57, 78, 87, 100-104, 150-166, 173-176, 185, 192, 196, 202, 205-206, 211-212, 223-231, 233, 235-238, 242, 244-247, 256-259, 264, 267, 282-283, and 297-300 are from the lost original transcription and were later added. Sura al-Fatiha and Sura al-Nas are missing. The black ink used in the pages of the original manuscript is of good quality, stable when in contact with moisture. The later-added pages are of poor quality and unstable when exposed to moisture. In the pages of the original copy, the names of the suras, the number of verses, and the place of revelation, as well as the Tajweed marks and characters, are written in red ink. The paper is thicker, smoother, dark white with a yellowish tint, with watermarks, of European origin. The pages show signs of moisture stains, and some layers of the leaves are detached from the binding. Foliation was later added with graphite pencil. The binding is original leather, with a fold, severely damaged by moisture and with holes, detached from the manuscript pages. On the exterior of the cover, there are decorative adornments composed of nine stylized elements, with the Star of David in the center. There is no information about the scribe or the year of production. Judging by the paper, it is most likely that the copy of the original pages dates from the 17th century, and the later-added pages are from the 18th or 19th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana