Extent: 227 leaves: paper ; 205 x 138 (145 x 75) mm. bound to 208 x 145 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 2a, in red ink). Physical description: 19 lines per page. Written in a casual medium small naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red to overline the commented text; scarce use of dots. Script and paper different for fol.2-23, written in a careful thick naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq, in black ink with use of red (122 x 62 mm.). European papers with watermark. A repair in paper covers part... Inscription in Arabic script in red pencil on the pastedown of upper cover: "Raqm 206 ʻ". Origin: According to colophon, copy completed on a Wednesday ("yawm chahār shambah") in 1035 H. [1625 or 6] (perhaps the numbers should be read 1635) H. in Balad Āwarnah [Āvarneh?] (fol. 225). Read and collated by Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥājj Bakr in Balad Āwarnah on 2 Jumādá al-Ākhar 1043H. [1633] (fol. 225b). Reading and collation statement on fol. 1a, mentioning that the text was collated on a good copy by Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Ḥājj Bakr (with erased seal; it is unclear whether the copy or the collation is by Ibrāhīm; see also collation note on fol. 225b, mentioned above in the note on origin). Inscription on fol. 1a mentioning the name "Rafīq Manṣūr Najdī Shiyāb (or Thiyāb)". Several ownership...
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