Extent: 122 leaves : paper ; 192 x 140 (150 x 90) mm. bound to 194 x 142 mm.
Note:
Ms. composite codex. Title from fol. 1a. A composite ms. consisting of two distinct sections, each made up of two works. Texts 1and 2 are in the same hand and are of the same date, different from and earlier than texts 3 and 4. Short inscriptions on fol. 2a, 18b and 28a, while fol. 120b has a longer inscription in a later hand, which is now almost completely illegible, since the page was stuck to and the ink transfered onto fol. 121a. Layout: 13-19 lines per page in one or two columns ; frame-ruled in gold. Description: Rubricated ; glazed European paper ; the paper of texts 1 and 2 has added strips along the fore edge of text block to make them the same width as that of texts 3 and 4. Decoration: The first two titles have Illuminated headpieces of small scalloped edged domes with flower pattern drawn in gold ink. The third title has a headpiece in gold leaf with blue and white. Origin: Only text 4 is dated: completed on the 5th of Ramaḍān 1080 (1670) -- colophon text 4 (fol. 120a). Ownership signature in the name of Mehmet Arif, a müderris, on fol. 28a.
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