Extent: i, 179, i leaves : paper ; 188 x 110 (150 x 70) mm. bound to 188 x 115 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from colophon (fol. 177a). Date from fol. 75a. The text is split in two parts and only the first part is dated. Layout varies: first section has 27, and second has 21 lines per page; text frame for the first section measures 150 x 70 mm, and the second 127 x 53 mm. Written in small naskh in black ink with use of red. Text on fol. 2b and 3a within gold leaf frame ruled in black ink, with a simple rectangular gold leaf filled head piece on fol. 2b. Text on ff. 3b-75a within a single-line frame ruled in... Ms additions: 3 pages of verse on ff. 177b-178b in a later hand. A number of short inscriptions and ownership statements on ff. 1a, 2a, 177b and 179b. Some of the latter are accompanied with seals, and are dated variously from 1700 to 1858. Copying of the first section of the text was completed on the 29th of Shaʻbān 1093 -- fol. 75a. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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