Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-720

Former shelfmark

Total pages

400 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

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

11 lines per page. Nash script, vocalized, written in black ink of good quality and resistant to moisture. The names of the surahs, the number of ayahs, the place of revelation, as well as the marks for the beginning, middle, and quarter of a hizb, along with recitation symbols, are written in red ink. The paper is thick, smooth, dark white, watermarked, and of European origin. Some pages have moisture damage and have become detached from the binding. On some pages, the text is framed with a red line. Pagination was added later using graphite pencil. The binding is original leather with a flap. It has been damaged by moisture and insects, and it was repaired and reinforced. The flap retains remnants of green silk. There is no information about the scribe, the place, or the year of transcription. Based on the paper, script, ink, and binding, it is likely from the 18th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana