Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-559

Former shelfmark

Total pages

375 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

15 lines per page. Nash, vocalized. The first two folios (1b-2a), containing Sura al-Fatiha and the beginning of Sura al-Baqara, are presented as a diptych with decorations. The design features floral motifs predominantly in gold. The text is written in black ink of poor quality, unstable when exposed to moisture. At the beginning of each sura, the sura name, the number of verses, and the place of revelation are written in white on a gold background. The paper is thin, smooth, dark white in color, without a watermark, and of Oriental origin. Some folios are affected by moisture, and the first three folios are detached from the binding. The text is framed by a thick golden band, reinforced on the outside with two lines and on the inside with a fine black line. Decorative points at the end of verses are written in large golden letters. The beginning and divisions of the juz are marked with elongated rosettes featuring floral motifs, richly adorned in gold, blue, orange, and green. Foliation was later added in graphite pencil. The binding is original leather with a flap, though it shows wear. The exterior of the cover and flap is decorated with embossed floral motifs coated in gold. There is no information about the scribe, the place, or the year of transcription. Based on the paper, script, ink, and binding, the manuscript is most likely from the 18th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana