Extent: 134 leaves : paper, ill. ; 197 x 117 (145 x 64) mm. bound to 197 x 124 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from colophon on fol. 132a. On front cover: Label reading "400" in Arabic script. Illegible label on spine. Ms. is erroneously foliated beginning on the second leaf. Record follows erroneous numbering. Physical description: 16 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper with watermark. Back flyleaf is heavy, unglazed, laid Arabic paper added at a later date. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes. Original text overlined in red. Charts and diagrams in red and black. Foliated in Arabic script 1-133 (131 skipped). Extensive damp staining, but text... Origin: Paper appears to be from the 18th century. According to a marginal note on fol. 132a, the text was written in 893 H. [1487 or 8].
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