Extent: 173 leaves : paper ; 299 x 172 (225 x 95) mm. bound to 299 x 180 mm.
Note:
Ms. composite codex. Title from the upper edge of text block. Fol. 1a has a description of the content of the ms. in a later hand, dated Muḥarram 1207 (1792); fol. 2b-11a have a content grid outlined in red ink, out of which only the first 3 sections on fol. 2b have been filled. Fol. 142a has a description of the contents of text 4 and fol. 142b-145a have a fully filled-out contents grid outlined in red ink. There is a short inscription of record of a... Layout: 31 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red. Description: Rubricated ; two types of paper ; fol. 1-11 are later additions, fol. 142-145 are also later additions in the same hand (and of the same date) Decoration: Opening pages of each of the text frame-ruled in gold with an illuminated headpiece (dome filled with a foliage pattern, with scalloped edges and radiating sprigs around the edges) drawn in gold ink. Origin: Copying of the whole ms. completed in Jumādá al-Ākhirah 1206 (1792) -- colophon of text 4 (fol. 171b). Only text 4 is dated, but the entire ms. was copied in same style and hand (though some sections were obviously completed earlier).
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