Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-748

Former shelfmark

Total pages

22 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

الجزء الأول

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

The first Juz of the Quran, from 1:1 to 2:141. 9 lines per page. Nash script, vocalized, written by a very skilled hand. The black ink is of low quality and not affected by moisture. The names of the surahs, the numbers of the verses, and the tajwid marks are written in red ink. The paper is of medium thickness, smooth, dark white in color, without watermark, and of uniform origin. The edges of the pages are deteriorated, showing wear over the years. The exterior cover features rosettes in the shape of a star, composed of nine hexagonal elements, with the Star of David at the center. There is no information about the scribe, location, or date of the copy. Based on the paper, script, ink, and binding, the copy is likely from the 18th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana