Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-588

Former shelfmark

Total pages

401 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

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. The first pages (folios 1b-2a) containing Sura al-Fatiha and the beginning of Sura al-Baqara are designed as a diptych, decorated with floral motifs predominantly in gold. On the remaining pages, the text is written in 13 lines, arranged so that each page features three lines in large calligraphic letters in black or red ink, and between them, five lines in standard-sized script in black ink. The black ink is unstable when exposed to moisture. The first 277 folios are written in larger letters on thicker, dark white paper with a watermark, of European origin. From folio 278 to the end, the text is written in slightly smaller letters on thinner, yellowish paper, also with a watermark and of European origin. The text is framed by two red lines. Foliation was later added using graphite pencil. The binding is original leather, deteriorated by moisture, with holes and cracks along the spine. The covers are torn off and physically separated from the manuscript pages. The exterior of the cover features decorative floral motifs in relief. There is no information about the scribe, the place, or the year of production.

Entry author

Marina Santana