Extent: 96 leaves : paper ; 205 x 150 (150 x 103) mm. bound to 199 x 160 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 96 + i ; catchwords ; quires signed 2-8 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Description: Vowel signs ; rubricated ; watermarks ; MS in fair condition with some staining, some pages mended. Layout: 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled in gold (fol. 1b-2a), the rest frame-ruled in red. Marginal notes; marginal summaries in red. Table of contents on fol. 1b. On fol. 1a are two verses of poetry and a kabīkaj (invocation against bookworks). Ms. codex. Origin: According to colophon copied Tuesday 24 Muḥarram 997 by Maḥmūd ibn Abī al-Ḥasan ibn Shams al-Dīn al-Maḥallī al-Shāfiʻī (fol. 96b). Title from text (fol. 1b). Obliterated ownership autograph along with a seal impression and the signature of ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlī al-Fārisī (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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