Extent: 131 leaves : paper ; 265 x 155 (175 x 70) mm bound to 265 x 158 mm.
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Ms. composite codex. Title from 1a. Fol. 1b-2b have the table of contents for the first collection of Feyzullah's fetvas (text 2); they are followed by the selection of fetvas by Menteşizade (text 1) on fol. 3a and 4a, which is interrupted by a separate single fetva on fol. 3b, written in the same hand as the main text, and signed "katabahu Aḥmad Sūqī". Fol. 89b-90b have the table of contents for the second collection of... Layout: 26-31 lines per page. Description: All texts are in a very similar hand and style, they are all written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication, though the style of the script in texts 1 and 3 tends more towards taʻlīq. There are marginal annotations throughout texts 2 and 3, chiefly additional fetvas. The annotations all appear to be in the same hand. Irregular catchwords present... Ownership statement in the name of Mehmet Bahaüddin ... [?], accompanied by his stamp on fol. 1a. Partially visible ownership signature on fol. 1a (top left corner of the page, half of it torn off), in the name of Mehmet Salih. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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