Extent: 76 leaves : paper ; 220 x 142 (150 x 80) mm bound to 220 x 145 mm.
Note:
Ms. composite codex. Collective title from the lower edge of text block. Layout: 18 lines per page. Description: Written in small casual ruqʻah in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper (paper of text 3 differs from that of texts 1 and 2). Origin: Only text 1 is signed and dated: copied by Hafız Ismail, and completed in 1247 (1831 or 1832) -- colophon of text 1 (fol. 32a). Text 2 is in same hand and on same paper and is most probably of the same date. Text 3 is in similar hand, but is in different style and on different paper, it has an introduction which was composed in 1248 (1832 or 1833), and is thus of a slightly later date. Ownership signature in the name of Osman Hayrî bin Mustafa Namık[?], dated '286 (1869-70) -- fol. 1a. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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