Type of description:

From the original

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-562

Former shelfmark

Total pages

193 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

النعام

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

Selection of suras from the Qur'an. These types of sura selections used to be used as amulets. They vary in content, but generally begin with sura al-An'ām, from which they get their name. This selection begins with sura al-Fātiḥa and ends with sura an-Nās. Fol. 193: 15.3 x 10 (10 x 6.8); 9 lines. Nash, vocalised, written with a very skilful pen. At the beginning (on folio 1b-2a) there is a rich initial decoration in the title, adorned with gilt ornamentation. On pages 169a, 170a, 170b, 171a, 171b, 172a, 172b, 173a, 173b, 174a, 174b, 175a, 176a, 176b, 177a, 177b, 178a, 178b, and 179a there are beautiful miniatures and a decorative frame in the text. The ink is black, with red markings in the diacritical marks. The paper is thin, light yellow, with a watermark of European origin. The leaves are numbered and the corners of the leaves have decorative borders. The binding is leather with gilt decorations and has a flap closure. Binding: Leather, original, with flap, affected by humidity, later restored and reinforced in the weakened parts. The outer cover is decorated with embossed plant motifs and a central decorative design. On folio 142a there is an undated note indicating that the book was completed by ‘Uthmān al-Fātiḥ.

Entry author

Marina Santana