Extent: 272 leaves : paper ; 292 x 175 (222 x 104) mm. bound to 292 x 185 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 4a. Copied in Balikesri, by Abdullah bin Fazlî, and completed in the middle of Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1152 (1739) -- colophon (fol. 269). 33 lines per page. Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Text is within a frame outlined in one line of red ink. Ff. 4b-5a have a wide gold leaf frame outlined in black ink, and fol. 4b has a large illuminated head piece, executed in solid gold leaf, with orange and pink watercolor around the edges. Foliation in Arabic numerals in black ink. Glazed European paper. Ff. 2b-3b... Ms. additions: Another fetva added in a later hand following the colophon on fol. 269a; several fetvas added on ff. 269b-270a, most of them by Hacı Halil, the Müftü of Balikesri and a previous owner of the book (see provenance note below); a few short inscriptions (a prayer etc.) on ff. 1a and 4a. Ownership signature on fol. 4a in the name of Gökc̦e Zade Ahmet Efendi. Ownership signature on fol. 4a in the name of Seyyid Hacı Halil, the Müftü of Balikesri, dated 1180 (1766-67). Ownership signature on fol. 4a, accompanied by a small circular seal which reads: "Hacı Mehmet", in the name of Abdulkadir Zade Șeyh Hacı Mehmet Efendi, dated 1228 (1813). A purchase note, dated Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1190 (1776), and 3 octagonal seals reading: "Halil 1312 (1894-95)", "Seyyid Mehmet", and "Mehmet bin Halil", all on fol. 4a. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
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