20 Manuscripts From Zavičajni Muzej Visoko, In Bosnia And Herzegovina, Are Now Available In Reading Room

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An Arabic prayer copied on an octagonal page (ZMV 00010)

20 manuscripts from Zavičajni muzej Visoko, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, are now available in Reading Room

Posted: 2025-10-20

Cataloging is complete for 20 manuscripts from Zavičajni muzej Visoko (project code ZMV), a local history museum in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The manuscripts date from the 18th and 19th centuries and include Islamic theological and devotional material in Arabic, Turkish, and Bosnian. There is also a local court register from the 1820s and account books from the late 19th century, when Bosnia was under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. View now

Image caption: An Arabic prayer copied on an octagonal page (ZMV 00010)

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