Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-584

Former shelfmark

Total pages

80 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

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

"Jahic (2011). Catalogue Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Bosnia 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 are varied in content, but generally begin with sura Al-An'am, hence the name. This selection begins with Sura Ya-Sin and ends with the beginning of Sura Al-Baqarah. Fol. 80: 9.5 x 6.5 (5.5 x 3.5) 7 lines. Vocalised Naskh script, written by an uncertain hand. Black ink, of inferior quality, vulnerable to contact with humidity. The paper is medium-thick, smooth, dark-white, with a watermark of European origin. The leaves are damaged by humidity and have worn edges. In the margins of some leaves there are annotations made in graphite pencil or ink. The leaves contain markings and numbering added later, in ink or pencil. Original cardboard binding, covered with fine decorative cloth. There is no information about the copyist, the place or the year of copying. Based on the handwriting, paper and binding, it is very likely that the copy dates from the 18th century."

Entry author

Marina Santana