Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-532

Former shelfmark

Total pages

291 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

15 lines per page. Nash script, vocalized, written by an expert hand. Pages 1-2, containing Surah Al-Fatiha and the beginning of Surah Al-Baqara, are missing. The text is written in low-quality black ink, which does not smudge or fade with moisture. The names of the surahs, the number of ayahs, and the place of revelation are written in red ink. The paper is thick, smooth, yellowish, and of Eastern origin. The text is covered with a golden ribbon, reinforced on the external side with two layers and on the internal side with a single cream-colored layer. The beginning of the juz' and the places of division are decorated with a rosette featuring floral motifs. The margins of the pages are decorated and annotated in gold, pencil, and graphite. The binding is original leather with a flap, well preserved. The exterior of the cover features floral ornamentation. The inside of the cover and the flap are lined with decorative ebru paper. There is no information about the scribe, nor the date or place of transcription. Based on the paper, ink, style of writing, and binding, the manuscript is likely from the 18th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana