Extent: 282 leaves : paper ; 209 x 113 (170 x 85) mm. bound to 207 x 120 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 5a). Marginal notes and glosses. On the two folios before the title page are three poems by Abū ʻAlī ibn Sīnā 370-428 [980-1036/7]; several poems by the Sulṭān al-Malik al-Nāṣir ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Malik ʻĪsá ... ibn al-ʻĀdil Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb, who reigned 624-626 [1227-1228]; a statement that the MS is dedicated to the Ḥamawī Mosque; several verses of poetry; several verses by... Collation: Paper ; fol. 282 + i ; foliated in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: 17-23 lines per page ; ruled. Description: Written in thuluth and other scripts ; rubricated ; vowel signs ; in red, green and black ink ; some parts within circles ; watermarks (anchor?) ; MS in good condition. On folio 3a ib the autograph and seal impression of an owner, Muṣṭafá. On the title page is the autograph of the copyist, Muḥammad al-A[...] , dated 1006 [1597/8] and an Arabic seal impression inscribed: ʻʻwhat God wishes, there is no power but through God.ʼʼ Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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