Extent: 170 leaves : paper ; 204 x 145 (165 x 105) mm. bound to 204 x 155 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. 179 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Decoration: Illuminated gilt headpiece. Fol. 1b and 2a are frame-ruled in double gold lines. Description: Rubricated ; MS contains some red, green and yellow paper ; watermarks (grapes, design incorporating a heart) ; MS in good condition but several folios are worm-eaten and mended. Layout: 13-32 lines per page. Marginal notes and glosses. On the title page occur a statement about the Caliph ʻUmar, a statement about telling the truth and another that the owner of the collection and its copyist is Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-ʻAṭṭār al-Ḥusaynī, dated 1140 [1727/8]. After the colophon are six verses of poetry, and an amplification (takhmīs) by the shaykh ʻAbd al-Ghanī. On the inside of the front... Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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