Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-768

Former shelfmark

Total pages

20 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

جزء الحادي والعشرون

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

21st juz of the Qur'an from Sura 29:46 to Sura 33:30. Folios: 20; 20 x 14,5 (13 x 8); 9 lines. Text in Nash, vocalised, written in a very deft hand. The ink is black, of poor quality, resistant to touch in damp. The names of the suras, starting places 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 damp contact in the margins, and the binding has filigree and gold decorations. Original leather binding with flaps, well preserved. The outer cover has decorated edges and a rosette in the form of a gilt circle, accompanied by a six-pointed star with a Dawud (David) design in the centre. No information is available on the copyist or the exact date of transcription. Based on the paper, script and binding, it is likely that the manuscript dates from the 18th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana