Extent: 127 leaves : paper ; 240 x 177 (195 x 110) mm bound to 241 x 183 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). Marginal and interlinear notes. Illegible title also appears on lower edge of text block. MS is one of oldest in collection. Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 127 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: 17 lines per page. Description: Marginal notes and headings of chapters in red ; vowel signs ; watermarks (later endpapers only: crown-star-crescent; three stars and roman-alphabet letters "FV") ; MS in good condition but several folios are worm-eaten and mended. Folios 2, 7 and 121 are later replacements. Origin: According to colophon copied Jumādá al-Akhir 588 by al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḍar ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Asadī in Cairo (fol. 127b). Seal impression bearing the name al-Ḥājj Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī, dated 1 179, and above it is another Arabic seal with words, "Whatever God pleases, there is no god but Allāh"; signature of ʻAbd al-Qādirī? dated 1184 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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