Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-366

Former shelfmark

Total pages

37 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

1837

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

It consists of two parts. The first begins with Surah Al-Fatiha and ends with Ayah 282 of Surah Al-Baqara, and the second begins with Surah Al-Jinn and ends with Surah An-Nas. 15 lines per page. Nash script, vocalized, written with a fine pen and an expert hand. Pages 1 and 2a (Surah Al-Fatiha and the beginning of Surah Al-Baqara) are decorated with a diptych rich in gold ornaments, in blue, red, and gold, featuring numerous floral motifs. The black ink is of low quality and does not smudge with moisture. At the beginning of each surah, the titles are written in gold on a golden background, and the place of revelation is written in red. The text is ornamented with gold. The paper is thick, yellowish, and of Eastern origin. The pages have decorated margins in gold, pencil, and graphite. The binding is original leather with a flap, well preserved. The exterior of the cover is decorated with embossed floral motifs. The interior of the cover and the flap are lined with decorative ebru paper. The Mushaf ends with a golden colophon (fol. v. 34b) with a note stating that it is a copy from the year 1253/1837-38, copied by Sayyida Muhammad al-Rusdiya.

Entry author

Marina Santana