Extent: 40 leaves : paper, ill. ; 180 x 113 (103 x 60) mm. bound to 180 x 125 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from inscription on fol. 3a (later hand). Physical description: 13 lines per page. Written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink ; gold for headings. The text is framed in gold outlined in black. Contains charts and diagrams, executed in gold, black and red ink (see in particular fol. 12a). Dark cream paper, glossy, with laid lines visible. The first fol. of the text (fol. 3) is badly damaged with loss of text. Chiefly quaternions ; catchword on the verso of each leaf. Decoration: Small illuminated haeadpiece in gold and black ink on fol. 3b. Origin: According to colophon Almond-shaped stamp on fol. 39a. Acquired by Robert Garrett, from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut), 1925.
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