Extent: 146 leaves : paper ; 210 x 140 (145 x 80) mm bound to 210 x 140 mm.
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Ms. composite codex. Title from fol. 1a (dated 1161 (1748)?). Fol. 1a has a list of months below the title in a different hand. A couple of inverted inscriptions in large naskh (verses) between texts 3 and 4 on fol. 74b-75a. Fol. 107a has a short inscription about the 28 prophets in the Qur'an. Fol. 144b contains a whole page of text, again on prescriptions of faith, which looks like a misplaced part of a larger work (similar in style to text 6). Two... Origin: [Treatise on the principles of piety] signed by the scribe: Mehmet bin Mustafa [from ?] (colophon, fol. 106b) -- [Treatise on trade ethics] Dated 1140 (colophon, fol. 144a). All texts are written in same style and similar hand, and most are written continuously (i.e. one ends and next one begins on same page), so they are possibly all by the same scribe and this date refers to the... Layout: 19 lines per page. Description: Partially rubricated ; three different types of glazed European paper. Statement of vakıf in the name of Hacı Ali, the son of Kazancı Hacı Hasan, dated 29th of Ramaḍān 1270 (1854), on fol. 145b.
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