Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-486

Former shelfmark

Total pages

69 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

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

11 lines per page. Nash script, vocalized, written with a less skilled hand. The text is written in low-quality black ink, which does not smudge or fade with moisture. The names of the surahs, the number of ayahs, and the place of revelation are written in red ink. The paper is of medium thickness, smooth, yellowish, and of Eastern origin. On some pages, the text has been affected by moisture and shows damage in certain areas. The pages have decorated margins, annotated in gold, pencil, and graphite. The binding is half leather, original, with signs of moisture damage and edges adorned with red embroidery. There is no information about the scribe, nor the date or place of transcription. Based on the paper, ink, style of writing, and binding, the manuscript is likely from the 18th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana