Extent: 142 leaves : paper ; 170 x 111 (110 x 66) mm. bound to 171 x 114 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from illuminated title page on fol. 1a; also on lower edge. Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in small nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text bordered by gold lines; columns separated by double gold lines. Headings in gold; catchwords. Fol. 1a-2a, 142b are gold-sprinkled. Light staining and smudging; otherwise in excellent condition. Decoration: On fol. 1a, title set within mandorla illuminated with blue, gold, and green. On fol. 1b, illuminated ʻunwān in gold and colors, inscribed in white with "al-Ḥamd li-walīh." Origin: According to colophon, copy completed by Yaʻqūb ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm on 6 Rabīʻ II 843 H [16 September 1439], but a later hand has written an illegible number over the second digit in the year (fol. 142b). Owner's stamp on fol. 142b.
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