Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Sarajevo Historical Archive

Collection

Present shelfmark

R-693

Former shelfmark

Total pages

24 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

1779

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

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 Yā-Sīn and ends with sura Al-Burūj. Folio: 24; size: 16 x 10.5 (10.4 x 5.5) cm; 11 lines. Written in Naskh style, vocalised, and hand-drawn in black ink. Some key words are highlighted in red ink. The paper is medium-thick, light beige in colour, with no watermark, but shows signs of moisture damage. The leaves have worn and trimmed edges in places. The text is surrounded by a thick gilt frame, reinforced with thinner gilt lines, and interior decorations in dark tones. The binding is of original leather, although it is badly worn and damaged by damp, with visible repairs. The outer cover contains engraved geometric decorative ornamentation. There is no information 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.

Entry author

Marina Santana