Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-765

Former shelfmark

Total pages

20 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

الجزء الثامن عشر

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

Yes

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

Eighteenth juz of the Qur'an, from 23:1 to 25:20. Folio: 20; 20 x 14.5 (13 x 8); 9 lines. Text in ‘Nash’, vocalised, written by a very skilful hand. The ink is black, of low quality, resistant to touch in damp. The sura names, starting place and number of verses are written in red ink. The paper is of medium thickness, light yellowish in colour, with a watermark of European origin. Some folios show signs of moisture contact in the margins and in the binding added with filigree and gold decorations. Leather binding, original, with flaps, well preserved. The outer cover has decorated edges, with a rosette in the middle made of gilt leaf and a six-pointed star in the centre. There is no information about the copyist or an exact date of transcription. Based on the paper, the handwriting and the binding, it is likely that the copy dates from the 18th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana