Extent: 146 leaves : paper ; 182 x 123 (120 x 78) mm. bound to 182 x 130 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Dark cream paper, glossy, with chain lines visible. The text has been collated (see collation statement at the end of Qism 1 and 2, fol. 99b and 146a, and on the margin throughout). Glosses on the margin. Several inscriptions and impressions of seals on fol. 1a, including mentions of price... Collation: Paper, fol. 146 ; 18 (-1 at beginning of quire) 2-178 188 (+3 at end of quire) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf. Handmade spine label with inscription in Arabic script: "Khulāṣat al-aqwāl" (horizontal). Origin: According to colophon, copied by Abū Naṣr al-Sharīf, Rabīʻ al-Awwal 957 [March-April 1550] (fol. 146a). Several ownership statements with impression of seals on fol. 1a.
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