Extent: 163, ii leaves: paper ; 182 x 140 (135 x 95) mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 2a). The name of the author also appears as "al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʻallāmah Taqī al-Dīn Abū ʻAmr ʻUthmān Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ" in a note by a later hand on fol. 1a (later added free endpaper). 17 lines per page. Written in angulous medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Dark cream paper with laid and chain lines visible. Marginal annotations and collation notes. Water damage affecting the last line of most folios. Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Muṣṭalaḥ". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper... Copy completed on 6 [Dhū] al-Ḥijjah 800 in al-Masjid al-Aqṣá al-Sharīf by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Baghdādī al-Shāfiʻī (colophon, fol. 163a). Collation: Paper, fol. 163, ii ; 1-1510 1610 (+3, after fol. 160) + ii (endpaper; European paper) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic numerals. Several ownership statements on fol. 1a, 2a, 163a, signed Aḥmad Najīb (fol. 1a), al-Sayyid ʻUthmān al-ʻAfīf (fol. 2a, dated 1208 H., with seal), etc. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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