Extent: 29, (55) leaves : paper ; 213 x 102 (190 x 90) mm. bound to 213 x 106 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. 29 + (55) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Description: After the colophon are 54 blank folios ; watermarks (shield topped by a crown with letters underneath) ; MS in good condition. Final 4 folios contain twelve verses of poetry by Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad al-Ghassānī al-Ṭulayṭilī al-Andulusī, written by al-Qāḍī Aḥmad Qāṭin, a fāʼidah explaining the origin of the enmity between the dog and the cat, and recording the birth of two children in 1239 and 1240. Layout: 23-21 lines per page ; written on a slight slant ; text runs parallel with back of cover. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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