Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-750

Former shelfmark

Total pages

20 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

الجزء الثالث

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

Third Juz of the Quran, from 2:253 to 3:91. Folio 20; 20 x 14.5 cm (13 x 8 inches); 9 lines per page. Nash script, vocalized, written by a very skilled hand. The black ink is of low quality, not affected by moisture. The names of the surahs, the title of the verse, and the verse numbers are written in red ink. The paper is of medium thickness, smooth, dark white in color, of uniform European origin. The edges of the pages are damaged by moisture and use, with some folds creased. Pages are numbered in graphite pencil, with marginal additions in pencil. The original leather binding, with a flap, is well preserved. The exterior cover features embossed star-shaped rosettes, 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