Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-294

Former shelfmark

Total pages

412 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

المصحف الشريف

Language

Arabic

Script

Arabic

Incipit

Incipit position

Explicit

Explicit position

Preservation state

Released date

1665

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

13 lines per page. Nash, vocalized. Folios 1b and 2a are designed as a diptych, with a golden background and floral motifs. The text is written in black ink of poor quality, which becomes unstable when exposed to moisture. The names of the suras, along with the number of verses and the place of revelation, are written in white letters on a golden background. Decorative markers at the end of each verse are inscribed in gold ink. Tajweed rules are marked in red ink. The markings for the beginnings and sections of the Juz' are written in the margins in gold. The paper is medium-thick, smooth, dark white in color, watermark-free, and of oriental origin. The text is framed with a thick golden band, reinforced on the outside with two fine lines and on the inside with one fine black line. Foliation was later added in graphite pencil. The binding is original leather, later repaired along the spine. The cover has been torn off and is missing. Decorative embellishments with floral motifs adorn the exterior of the case.

Entry author

Marina Santana