Extent: 227 leaves: paper ; 272 x 185 (200 x 130) mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). 31 lines per page. Written in small naskh in black ink with use of red for headings and re-inking. The paper has been frame-ruled. Fol. 1 apparently two original folios pasted together. List of the chapters on fol. 1a. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Sh 7", repeated in red pencil on fol. 1a. Copy completed on 13 Rajab 938 [Feb. 20, 1532] by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ibn Aḥmad al-Sanhūrī al-Shāfiʻī al-Azharī (colophon, fol. 226b). Collation: Paper, fol. 227 ; 110 (-1, before fol. 1) 2-2210 238 ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals in the form "Thālith" (see fol. 20a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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