Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-47

Former shelfmark

Total pages

37 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

Released place

Other dates

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

"Selection of suras from the Qur'an. These types of sura selections generally served as talismans. They vary in content, but generally begin with sura Al-An'am, hence the name. This selection begins with Sura Muhammad and ends with Sura An-Nas. Fol. 37: 19 x 14 (16 x 9.5) 9 lines. Vocalised Naskh script, written by an inexperienced hand. Black ink, of poor quality, vulnerable to contact with humidity. The paper is medium-thick, smooth, dark-white, with a watermark of European origin. The leaves are separated by damp and insect damage, scattered and detached from the binding. Some leaves have been repaired at a later date. Some leaves have dark stains and the text is damaged. The leaves have marginal numbering added later in pencil. Semi-circular binding, the text is damaged by damp and insects, separated from the manuscript leaves. The cover of the binding is missing and lost. There is no information about the copyist, place or date of copying. Based on the paper, handwriting, ink and binding, it probably dates from the 18th century."

Entry author

Marina Santana