Extent: 79 leaves : paper ; 250 x 170 (175 x 115) mm bound to 250 x 177 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. iii+ 79 + iii ; catchwords ; leaf two leaves before title page erroneously marked as fol. 1 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold with red and blue embellishments. Fol. 1a and 1b frame-ruled in gold. Top and bottom edges of text block have gold pattern ; title written on lower edge obscured by gold decoration. Description: Title written in Maghribi ; text is in red and commentary is in brown ; verse separators in red ; MS is rare ; MS is in good condition with some mended folios. Layout: 21 lines per page. Marginal notes and glosses, some folios heavily annotated. After colophon is a note that Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlwān al-Miṣrī compared his copy [from which ours is made] with original of the author and was read to the author himself 765 (1850) and found in agreement with original. After the colophon a reader has inscribed his name and another the date of birth of his daughter, 950 (1543). Ms. codex. Origin: According to colophon copied al-Aḥad 29 Jumādá II 790 by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Makīn al-Farḥūlī (fol. 79a). Title from title page (fol. 1a) Before title page and on it occur names of several owners, including one dated 1267 (1850/51). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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