Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-115/1

Former shelfmark

Total pages

72 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

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

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 Ya-Sin and ends with an explanation of how beautiful ornaments are used. Fol. 1b-72a: 16.2 x 10.2 (12 x 8) 9 lines. Vocalised Naskh script, written in large letters, with irregular lines and wide line spacing. On folios 1b, 2a, 8a, there are marginal bands with text written in large letters. Black ink, inferior quality, vulnerable to contact with humidity. Thin, smooth, dark white paper, with a watermark of European origin. The leaves are damaged by humidity, with worn edges. In the margins of some leaves there are notes indicating the dates on which the manuscript was used. The leaves contain markings and numbering added later, in ink or pencil. The binding is original leather, decorated with ornamentation. There are diamond-shaped rosettes on the covers, with an inverted heart-shaped ornament in the centre.

Entry author

Marina Santana