Extent: 425 leaves : paper ; 234 x 152 (158 x 84) mm bound to 234 x 152 mm
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from text on leaf 4b; also on lower edge. Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in large neat naskh in black on cream glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Foliated in Arabic script beginning on leaf 3; leaves 258-267 are bound incorrectly and belong after leaf 247. Several small inserts have been bound with the manuscript. Mild insect damage along upper and lower margins, resulting in some paper repairs... On leaf 3a are a number of stamps and notes: Note of sale with stamp of ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mukhtār in Tūnis, dated 1094 H. Note of sale with stamp of Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad in al-Jazāʾir, dated 1113 H. Owner's note of al-Ḥājj Muṣṭafá, dated 1143 H. Undated notes of Jaʻfar and Aḥmad ibn ... Ex libris of Robert Garrett on inner front cover. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn...
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