Extent: 124 leaves : paper ; 181 x 113 (135-152 x 60-70) mm. bound to 181 x 118 mm.
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Ms. composite codex. On front cover: Label reading "84" in Arabic script. Physical description: Edges are dog-eared and some leaves are torn. Some paper repairs, particularly to text 1. Some staining and smudging, but text still legible. Fol. 93b-94a, 95a blank. Text 1: 12 lines per page; written in clear naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; Arabic quotations vocalized. Extensive marginal notes. Text 2: 10 lines per page; written in shikastah in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; quotations overlined in red. Marginal notes on fol. 49b. Text 3: 8 lines per page; written in large, clear naskh in black on grayish glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; Arabic quotations vocalized. Some marginal notes. Text 6: 11-14 lines per page; written in shikastah in black on glazed, laid European paper. Catchwords. Text 7: 13-14 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Catchwords. Origin: Text 1 dated Jumādá II 1150 H. [September-October 1737] (fol. 41b). Text 2 dated Rabīʻ I 1265 H. [January-February 1849] (fol. 49b). Text 3 completed by Muḥammad ʻAlī Khandābī in Shaʻbān 1264 H. [July 1848] (fol. 93a). Remaining texts likely copied in the first half of the 19th century. Owner's stamps on fol. 19a, 50a, 90a, 123b. Owner's note dated 1264 H. [1848] on fol. 79a.
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