Extent: 241 leaves: paper ; 270 x 185 (177 x 115) mm. bound to 275 x 195 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). Physical description: 23 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Dark cream paper, glossy, with laid and chain lines visible. Ḥāshiyah on the margins. Mention "Waqf" on the upper margin of some leaves. Modern foliation in pencil (omits fol. 57). Wear with loss of text on the first leaves ; loose leaves. Collation: Paper, fol. 241 ; 110 (-1 at beginning of quire) ; 2-2310 2412 ; catchword on the verso of each leaf (some cut off). Origin: The copy is not dated, but the waqf statement on fol. 1a gives a terminus ante quem of 856 H. [1452]. On fol. 1a: Ownership statement in the name of Yaḥyá ibn Hajjī(?) al-Shāfiʻī, dated 856 H. [1452] ; waqf statement partially erased, in the name of al-Muqirr al-Ashraf [name obliterated] al-ʻasākir ..., dated mustahall Ramaḍān 896 (6 uncertain) [July 1491]. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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