Extent: 427 leaves : paper ; 228 x 144 (158 x 82) mm. bound to 228 x 148 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 2a. Copied by 'Muḥammad' in 990 (1582 or 83) -- colophon (fol. 426b). 21 lines per page. Written in elegant small naskh in black ink with use of red. Text written within a gold leaf frame outlined in black ink. On first two pages of text (ff. 11b and 12a), the frame also has blue ink outline. Illuminated head piece on fol. 11b, beatifully executed in gold leaf and blue watercolor, with a floral design made with gold, orange, purple, white and green watercolors... Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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