Extent: 212 leaves: paper ; 270 x 175 (175 x 125) mm. bound to 270 x 180 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from illuminated title page (fol. 3a). 17 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red for headings, keywords, and re-inking. Red teardrop textstops, some outlined in black. The text is vocalized. Illuminated title page (ʻunwān) in gold, blue, white and red (fol. 3a): consists of two panels outlined in blue with flecks at each corner and smaller ones on the upper line. Medallion on the upper left... Copy completed on 7 Shaʻbān 856 [Aug. 23, 1452] by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Busrāṭī (colophon, fol. 210b). Collation: Paper, fol. 212 ; 1-2010 2110 (+2, fol. 211-212) ; the quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals in the form "thānī" (see fol. 11a). Two ownership statements with seal on fol. 2a, one in the name of Dhū al-Fiqār al-Daftarī, the other with a seal reading "al-Sayyid Muḥammad", dated 1206 H. Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leiden, 1925, from the books of Mūrad Bey Bārūdī, Beirut, 1925.
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