Extent: 206 leaves: paper ; 255 x 175 (190 x 135) mm. bound to 255 x 190 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from illuminated title page (fol. 1a). The title also appears in the colophon (fol. 206a). Title and table of contents by a later hand on the margins of fol. 1a. Title on the tail of the text block (hardly legible). Spine label (horizontal) with inscription "12" in Arabic numerals. Collation: Paper ; fol. 206 ; 110 (-1, before fol. 1) 2-2010 2110 (-3, after fol. 206) ; the quires are numbered in black ink, using Arabic ordinals in the form "thānī (see fol. 10a) and "thāmin al-awwal" (see fol. 70a) ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: 27 lines per page. Description: Written in medium small script in black ink with use of larger script and red ink re-inking for headings. Dark cream paper with laid lines and pulp visible (frame-ruled). Decoration: Illuminated title page (ʻunwān) in gold, white, black and blue (fol. 1a). According to the title page and the colophon, copied by Idrīs ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Khāliq al-mutaṣawwif from an autograph in Baghdād, 685 [1286 or 7] (see fol. 1a and 206a). Erased seal on the margin of fol. 206a. Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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