Extent: 126 leaves : paper ; 217 x 141 (157 x 83) mm. bound to 220 x 145 mm
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1a. Copied in 1146 (1733-34) -- colophon (fol. 125b). 21 lines per page. Written in a small naskh in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Text is written within a gold leaf frame outlined in black ink. Fol. 2b has an illuminated head piece, executed in gold leaf with purple, white and green watercolors. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper. Ms. additions: a short text in a later hand on fol. 126a entitled: Avrupa'ya... Several caligraphic signatures in black ink and black ink laced with gold glitter in the name of Seyyid Ahmet Nurî on fol. 1a and fol. 2a. Two different stamps with the name Seyyid Nurî Baba and the date 1213 (1798-99) on fol. 1a. A caligraphic signature in the name of Seyyid Şemsî Baba and the date 1284 (1867-68) on fol. 1a. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
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