Copied A.H. 946 [A.D. 1539] by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Kutāmi. Numb. fols. 359; 31.3 x 21.3 cm.; written surface 25.3 x 16.5 cm.; 41 lines to page; on glazed Arabic pager; in naskhi; with full vowel signs; with catchwords; entries in red; with illumination. A complete copy of al-Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ in one volume. Marginal notes and glosses. Ruled marginal lines on first two pages and the last. Title page and last page elaborately illuminated in gold and color. On title page and three preceding folios are several autographs of owners, notes, verses of poetry and a table of contents. MS in good condition; Arabic leather binding with flap; gilt stamped and tooling on cover and flap. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
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