Extent: 111 leaves: paper ; 220 x 150 (155 x 75) mm. bound to 224 x 161 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger, according to R. Mach, GAL, and beginning of text (fol. 2a). The name of the author appears at the beginning and end of the text (fol. 2a and 111b). Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Collation notes on the margin. Wove paper ; frame-ruled. Quinions. Kabīkaj on fol. 1a. Collation: Paper, fol. 111 ; 1-1010 1110 (+1 at end of quire); catchword on the verso of each leaf. Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Lisān 75". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "838/2 Ḥ". Origin: According to colophon, copy completed on 8 Rajab 1236 (or: 1276) [April 1821 or Jan. 1860] by al-Sayyid Aḥmad al-Aḥmadī Ibn al-Ḥājj Ḥasan ---? (fol. 111b). Copyist: Aḥmad al-Aḥmadī ibn Ḥasan. From the books of Aḥmad Najīb ibn Aḥmad Ṭāhir (ownership statement dated 19 --? [12]86 on fol. 1a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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