Extent: 233 leaves : paper ; 206 x 120 (150 x 72) mm. bound to 206 x 125 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1a. Copied by Seyit Osman el-Üveysî bin Seyit Şeyh Mehmet Esat bin Şeyh Osman bin Şeyh Mustafa bin Şeyh Emrullah, "the servants of the noble cloak", i.e the keepers of the Prophet Muhammad's mantle in the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, and completed on the 20th of Rajab 1176 (1763) -- colophon (fol. 232a-b). 17 lines per page. Written in a small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Text is written inside a frame in gold leaf outlined in black ink. Fol. 2b-3a have wide frames in gold leaf with lines in red and silver along the inner edge. Fol. 2b has an illuminated head piece executed in gold leaf with blue, orange, red, green and black watercolors. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed... Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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