Extent: i, 249 leaves : paper ; 216 x 152 (154 x 86) mm. bound to 216 x 152 mm.
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Ms. codex. Both titles from the introduction (fol. 9b and 10a). Composed or copied in Medina in Rajab 1205 (1791)? - this is possibly the author's own copy: other copies do not have the same ending signed Şanizade Mehmet Sadık -- see end of text/colophon. 19 lines per page. Written in a small shikastah-nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. The text is written inside a double line frame in red ink. On fol. 9b-10a the frames are in gold leaf outlined in black ink. Fol. 9b has a small head piece in gold ink. Glazed European paper. Fol. 1b-8a have a contents grid outlined in two lines of red ink, filled only up to fol. 4b. Ms. additions: Text has heavily annotated margins throughout, much of it in the same hand. Short inscriptions on fol. ia, 1a, 8b, 9a, 248b and 249b, in several different hands. The main text ends on fol. 236a and is followed by 3 texts of wedding sermons (in Ottoman) on fol. 236b-237a, and then by a copy of an Imperial bequest document (vakfiye) on fol. 237b-248a. All of these are in similar hand and could be additions by the scribe/author. Fol. 8b has a copy of an Imperial order (hatt-i hümayun) in the same hand. Ms. has 6 loose sheets inside the covers, consisting of fragments from other mss, copies of letters and another copy of an Imperial order (hatt-i hümayun), the latter being in the same hand as in the main ms. Ownership statement in the name of Abdülkadir ibn Mehmet Emin, accompanied by his stamp, on fol. 9a. Ownership statement in the name of Seyit Mehmet Tevfik ibn Ahmet Şukrî, dated '68, i.e. 1268 (1851-2), on fol. 9a. Ownership statement in the name of Seyit Ahmet Ramiz, son of Seyit Mehmet Tevfik ibn Ahmet Şukrî, dated '318 (1900-1), on fol. 9a. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
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