Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-538

Former shelfmark

Total pages

268 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

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 script, vocalized, handwritten. Pages 1b and 2a contain Surah Al-Fatiha and the beginning of Surah Al-Baqara, decorated as a diptych with a golden background and floral motifs. At the beginning of the other surahs, there are titles on a golden background, with the names of the surahs, the number of ayahs, and the place of revelation written in red. The paper is of medium thickness, smooth, without a watermark, and of Eastern origin. It has moisture damage, and some pages have detached from the binding. The divisions of the juz' and other markers are decorated with rosettes featuring floral motifs. Pagination was added later using graphite pencil. The binding is original leather with a flap. It is damaged by moisture and insects. The exterior features embossed floral decorations. There is no information about the scribe, the place, or the year of transcription. Based on the analysis, it is likely from the 18th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana