Extent: 237 leaves : paper ; 220 x 152 (140 x 70) mm. bound to 220 x 158 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1a. Full title at the beginning of the text on fol. 1b. Copied by Ali bin Mustafa, a pupil of Receb Efendi at the Hacı Şerif Cami (Istanbul) in 1241 (1832-33) -- colophon (fol. 237a). 19 lines per page. Written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red (the scribe starts in a slightly different style with larger letters and wider strokes (more like taʻlīq), then gradually changes and after the first 50 or so folios remains consistent). Foliation in pencil in Western numerals. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper. Substantial marginal... Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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