Extent: (3), 117 leaves : paper ; 178 x 127 (145 x 85) mm. bound to 180 x 144 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. 3, 117 ; catchwords at end of quires ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Decoration: Title page is illuminated and bears a gilded bookplate with the words: min kutub al-Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm al-Talawī al-Khālidī. Title and medallion have text in silver ink surrounded by decoration in red, black, gold and blue. Description: Written in clear naskhi ; vowel signs ; MS is exceedingly rare ; MS is in good condition. Layout: 14 lines per page. Ms. codex. Origin: According to colophon copied al-Sabt 29 Ṣafar 514 by Ibn al-Maqrūn (fol. 117a). Three folios before title page have a number of verses by ʻAlī ibn al-Ṣaqqār al-Māridīnī and a short paragraph by another about Kushājim. In upper left hand corner of title page is a statement that entire MS was written by Ibn al-Maqrūn the scribe. In upper right hand corner of title page is a statement that the manuscript contains 120 leaves from beginning to end. Title from title page (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. Folios 68, 70 and 77 bear a seal impression: "mulk Mawlay Luṭf ʻAbdullah Niʻmah." Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
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