Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-323

Former shelfmark

Total pages

552 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

المصحف الشريف

Language

Arabic,Turkish

Script

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

The Mushaf with Turkish translation is incomplete at the beginning and end. At the start of the Mushaf, Surahs Al-Fatiha, Al-Baqara, and the first twelve verses of Surah Al-Imran are missing, and at the end, 14 short surahs are missing after Surah Al-Adiyat. 9 lines per page. Nash script, vocalized, written with a blunt pen. The black ink is of high quality, resistant to moisture. Decorative elements and points are written in red ink. The Turkish translation is written between the lines, in lowercase, with a fine-tipped ballpoint pen. The paper is of medium thickness, smooth, dark white in color, without watermark, of Eastern origin. The pages are scattered, with frayed edges, and the lower section was damaged by rodent bites, which were later repaired and glued. The foliation was added later with a graphite pencil. The binding is torn and lost. Only the last cardboard cover remains, covered externally with decorative paper. Based on the paper, writing, and ink, it is most likely that the copy is from the 16th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana