Extent: 114 leaves : paper ; 265 x 180 (165 x 110) mm bound to 265 x 190 mm
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Ms. codex. Title from illuminated title page (fol. 2a). Important interlinear and marginal annotations, comprising glosses and short texts, the ones on the margin outlined in red or green. A few slips of paper with annotations are pasted between the leaves. Fol. 22 is a later replacement. Fol. 1a-2a are covered with inscriptions and short texts, comprising ḥadīths, prayers, legal questions and their answer. Collation: Paper ; fol. 114. Layout: 13-37 lines per page. Description: Written in medium large naskh in black ink (faded to brown) ; rubricated ; use of red and green ink ; wear on the edges of leaves (with loss of text), a few leaves at the end of the volume worm-eaten. Decoration: Title page illuminated in gold. Title written in gold outlined in black in a roundel defined by gold, black and blue lines, with use of green (fol. 2a). Paper: Soft cream paper, glossy, hardly translucid, with pulp visible. Origin: [Kitāb al-Mukhtār al-fatawá ] According to colophon, copy completed on 27 Ramaḍān 874 [March 30, 1470] by Maḥmūd ibn Mūsá ibn Junayd al-Ḥanafī, in the village of Ūrayl, ʻAyntāb [between Aleppo and Anṭākiyah, see Yāqūt] (fol. 95b). Acquired by Robert Garrett from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut), 1925.
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