Extent: 108 leaves : paper ; 210 x 145 (152 x 80) mm. bound to 210 x 145 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from the head piece on fol. 2a. Copied by Ali bin Mustafa, known as Cayim Zade in the last ten days of Jumādá al-Ākhirah 1008 (1600) -- colophon (fol. 95a). 17 lines per page. Written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Text is written in two columns within a frame outlined in red ink. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper. The additional pieces which follow the colophon are in same hand and style and seem to have been simply added later by the same scribe. Few short inscriptions on ff... Ownership statement in the name of Mehmet ibn Süleyman on fol. 2a. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
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