Extent: 63, (1) leaves : paper ; 211 x 146 (158 x 96) mm. bound to 211 x 147 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 63 + (1) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Decoration: illuminated headpiece on fol. 1b with gold, blue and red ; ruled marginal lines in gold on first folio and in red and blue throughout ; important verses are in red. Description: Vowel signs ; headings in red ; MS in fair condition, some loose folios and partially detached binding. Layout: 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled with separation between hemistitches. Ms. codex. On fol. 63b is a reference to another book by the same author. Inside upper cover has some calculations. Origin: According to colophon copied Friday 8 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1160 by the author in Cairo. Title from title page (fol. 1a). On title page is the obscured autograph of Miḥḍār ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Sayyid Muḥammad al-Saqqāf. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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