Fols. 104; 27.1 x 20.3 cm.; written surface 23.5 x 16.8 cm.; 23 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs. A section of a dictionary of the words and terms used in everyday speech. Beg.: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم ... الحمد لله القدىم الدائم الذي لىس لقدمه ابتداء Ending: ... مکث علىه آدم سنة لا ىضحك فاوحى الله الىه حىّاك الله وبىاك اي اضحکك فحىنئذ ضحك A few marginal notes and glosses; marginal summaries. On title page are several notes and autographs of owners. MS incomplete at end; in fair condition; worm-eaten and mended; Arabic leather binding; blind stamped and tooling. Very rare. Probably from XIth century. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925. Ibn al-Nadīm, Fihrist (1872), p. 75; al-Anbārī p. 331; Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt (1299 AH), II, p. 320; Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 529.
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