Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-746

Former shelfmark

Total pages

375 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 script, vocalized, handwritten. Surah Al-Fatiha and the first 100 ayahs of Surah Al-Baqara are missing. The text is written with low-quality black ink, unstable when in contact with moisture. The names of the surahs, the number of ayahs, and other markers are in red ink. The paper is thin, smooth, dark white, with a watermark, and of European origin. It has moisture damage, and many pages show partially deteriorated text. The text is framed with red lines. Pagination was added later with graphite pencil. The binding is original leather with a flap, damaged by moisture and insects. The spine is torn. The exterior is decorated with geometric patterns and Star of David motifs. The interior of the cover was reinforced with decorative paper. There is no information about the scribe, the place, or the year of transcription. Based on the analysis, it is likely from the 18th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana