Extent: i, 70, i leaves: paper ; 184 x 138 (145 x 105) mm. bound to 189 x 140 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). 20 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red for the commented text. Light cream paper with laid and chain lines visible. Title on the lower edge of the text block. Two modern labels on the spine, with inscriptions in Arabic script (vertical), one with the title, the other with the no. "79" (partly wanting). According to the colophon, written by the author in Damascus on 14 Muḥarram 889 [Feb. 12, 1484] (colophon, fol. 70a). Collation: Paper, fol. i, 70, i ; i (modern free endpaper) + 110 (+1, fol. 1) 2-510 612 76 (+1) +i (modern free endpaper) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals in the form "Thānī" (see fol. 12a). Two ownership statements on fol. 1a: one obliterated, with seal ; the other signed Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ... al-Sharīf al-Ḥusaynī, from Ṭarābulus al-gharb, who acquired the ms. from al-Shaykh al-Tamīmī in 1293 H. [1876 or 7]. Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, 1925, from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut).
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