Extent: 216 leaves: paper ; 275 x 190 (190 x 130) mm. bound to 275 x 190 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). Marginal annotations. Bottom of fol. 2 wanting, with loss of text. List of the titles of the chapters on fol. 1b-2a. Kabīkaj (invocation against bookworms) on fol. 1a. Inscription in pencil using Western numerals on fol. 1a: "968" (corresponds to Brill's list, see Houtsma, M. Th. Catalogue d'une collection de manuscrits arabes et turcs, no. 712). Collation: Paper, fol. 216 ; 1¹⁰ (-2, before fol. 1) 2-20¹⁰ 21⁶ (+1) 22¹⁰ (+1, after fol. 215) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals in the form "thānī al-rābiʻ" (see fol. 9a). Layout: 22 lines per page. Description: Written in casual medium small script in black ink, with larger script for headings and keywords. Cream paper, glossy, with laid and chain lines visible Origin: Copy completed on the morning of ʻArafat, 9 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 874(?) in Ṭarabulus(?) (colophon, fol. 216b). Ownership statement on fol. 1a. Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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