Extent: 290 leaves : paper ; 212 x 166 (125 x 70) mm. bound to 218 x 175 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title supplied by the cataloger. Ms. incomplete: lacks a substantial amount at the start, some 100 leaves or so. Copied in the village of Kūshar [Kuşar?; in Turkey?], in the madrasah of ʻImād al-Dīn ʻAbbās bin ʻAbd al-Rashīd, and completed on the 12th of Ramaḍān 1223 (1808) -- colophon (fol. 289b). 10 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Foliation in Arabic numerals in black ink, faded, starts on fol. 6. Foliation in Western numerals in pencil. Glazed blue paper with visible watermarks. Marginal annotations in a later hand throughout. Ff. 1-4 and 290a-290b have various short texts on language-related subjects in... Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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