Extent: 74 leaves : paper ; 205 x 140 (160 x 78) mm bound to 205 x 142 mm.
Note:
Ms. composite codex. Title from fol. 3a. A short paragraph on fol. 1a about the author of Gulistān, Saʻdī; the title of the first work: "Şerh-i Dibace-yi Gülistan-i Lâmiî Çelebi" in pencil on the same fol. Layout: 18-23 lines per page. Description: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Texts are on different glazed European paper. Origin: [Şerh-i Dibace-yi Gülistan] Copy completed 22 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 999 by Ali Rumî (the word before Ali obliterated with red ink), and completed on the 22nd of Rabīʻ al-Awwal 999 (colophon, fol. 61b) -- [Lexicon] Copy completed middle of Ramaḍān 999 (colophon, fol. 74a). No mention of the composer or scribe, but the hand is similar to that of text 1.
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