Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-792

Former shelfmark

Total pages

104 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

النعام

Language

Arabic

Script

Arabic

Incipit

Incipit position

Explicit

Explicit position

Preservation state

Released date

1711

Released place

Other dates

1864

Other places

Colophon

Colophon position

General decoration

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

Selections of suras from the Qur'an. These selections were generally used as talismans. The contents are varied, but generally begin with the sura al-An'ām. Folio: 104; size: 14 x 10 (10.7 x 5.5) cm; 9 lines. Written in Naskh style, vocalised, in black ink. Red ink is used for some important passages. The paper is medium-thick, light-yellow in colour, without watermarks, but affected by humidity. The leaves have damaged and worn edges. The decoration consists of gilt lines around the margins. The binding is leather, very worn and damaged, without much ornamental detail. The outer cover is decorated with gilt geometric patterns. On folio 25b is a note by an unknown copyist, which indicates that the copy was completed in (1)123/1711-12. Subsequently, notes were added in 1281/1864.

Entry author

Marina Santana