Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-282

Former shelfmark

Total pages

90 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, 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 the sura Al-An'am, hence the name. This selection begins with the sura Al-Fatiha and ends with a supplication accompanied by the explanation of an imam. Fol. 90: 15 x 10 (11 x 6) 9 lines. Vocalised Naskh script, written by an inexperienced hand, with many errors. At the beginning, a rudimentary decorative vignette. Black ink, of poor quality, vulnerable to contact with humidity. The paper is of medium thickness, smooth, dark white, with a watermark of European origin. The leaves are separated by damp and insects, scattered and detached from the binding. There are dates and notes on the use of the manuscript on the folios. The binding is cardboard, original, with a flap, damaged by damp and insects, separated from the manuscript leaves. There is no information about the copyist, place or date of copying. According to the writing, paper and binding, it is probably 19th-century."

Entry author

Marina Santana