Extent: 70 leaves : paper ; 182 x 138 (150 x 120) mm. bound to 182 x 142 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. 70 + xxiv ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition. Layout: 16-18 lines per page. Marginal notes. On the title page (fol. 1a) occur several verses of poetry and a statement about the works in the volume. On the title page of the 2nd work (fol. 12a) is a statement in Latin copied from Casiri (Casiri 338) about four books of which ours is the last. Fol. 65a-70a the copyist wrote several verses of poetry, some wise sayings and several proverbs. Following this are 23 blank... Ms. codex. Origin: [Kitāb al-Mubhij] According to colophon copied 17 Muḥarram 1274 by Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Asīr (fol. 11b). Title from title page (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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