Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-32

Former shelfmark

Total pages

94 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

Selections of suras from the Qur'an. These selections were generally used as talismans. The contents are varied, but they generally begin with sura al-An'ām, after which they were named. This copy begins with Sura Muhammad and ends with Sura al-Burūj. Folio: 94; size: 16 x 10.5 (11.5 x 6.5) cm; 9 lines. Written in Naskh style, vocalised, in black ink, in large letters and in straight lines. Red ink used for key words. The paper is medium-thick, light beige, unwatermarked and moisture-affected. The leaves have torn and worn edges. The texts are surrounded by thick gilt frames and decorated with thinner gilt lines. The leaves of the manuscript are badly damaged, water-stained, and some have cut edges. The cover is cardboard, worn, with brown leather decorated with ornamental engravings. There are modern repairs. The last page is badly damaged and the text is illegible in certain sections. No information is known about the copyist, the place or the exact date of copying. Based on the paper, ink, script and binding, the manuscript probably dates from the 18th century. Acquired from Hasečić Saliha.

Entry author

Marina Santana