Extent: i, 61, i leaves: paper ; 170 x 115 (120 x 65) mm. bound to 170 x 125 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from inscription in red ink on fol. 1a. Physical description: 13 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink, with red ink for first, seventh and thirteenth lines of each leaf. Ḥāshiyah on the margins. The text is framed within a single red line with another red frame for the ḥāshiyah. Dark cream paper, glossy, with laid and chain lines visible. Kabīkaj on fol. 1a. Several inscriptions on fol. 1a, including a short... Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Naḥw thānī 12". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥāʼ 118/2". Origin: Copy completed on a Thursday [in Persian] in the middle of Ramaḍān 959 [Sept. 1552] (colophon, fol. 60b). Two seals on fol. 1a (one repeated on fol. 61b). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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