Extent: i, 2 unfoliated leaves, 99 foliated leaves, ii : 180 x 123 (116 x 70) mm bound to 180 x 123 mm; paper
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Manuscript codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Algerian customs stamp on last flyleaf verso along with two shadows of what were probably bookplates. Binding: Copy is mostly disbound; covers are quite damaged. Covers are brown leather over pasteboard (Type III) with gilt stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces. The stamped sections are coming loose and curling along the edges. Gold tooled frame. Green paper pastedowns. Layout: Written in 9 long lines; border-ruled. Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, orange on first opening (f. 1v) and illuminated finispiece (f. 99r); numerous illuminated text divider panels in gold and colors; rubrications in red; gold roundels with red and blue dots punctuate the text. Provenance: Gift of Lucy Martin Donnelly, Bryn Mawr College, 1893.
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