Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-759

Former shelfmark

Total pages

20 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

الجزء الثاني عشر

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

The twelfth juz of the Qur'an, from 11:6 to 12:52. Folio: 20; 20 x 14.5 (13 x 8); 9 lines. Nash, vocalised, written by a very skilful hand. Black ink, of low quality, which does not come off in contact with moisture. The titles of the surahs, the margins and the verse numbers are written in red ink. The paper is medium-thick, smooth, light-brown, watermarked, of European origin. Some leaves show signs of moisture and damage to the edges. Text later modified with annotations in pencil and graphite. Leather binding, original, with flaps, well preserved. On the outside of the cover there are beautiful rosettes in the form of ovals, composed of hexagonal elements and decorated with a Star of David in the centre. There is no information about the copyist, place or date of copying. Based on the paper, script, ink and binding, the copy is probably from the 18th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana