Extent: 56 leaves : paper ; 173 x 133 mm bound to 197 x 145 mm
Note:
Ms. composite codex. Title supplied by cataloger. The ms. carries the signature of Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Maydūmī (d. 1353, see fol. 20b and 22b), Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Jarādiqī (d. 1457, fol. 28b) and Muḥammad ibn Mūsá ibn ʻUmrān (d. 1469), and a text copied in the handwriting of Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhawī (d. 1497, fol. 25b). At least one text indicates a Damascene provenance (see fol. 30a). The ms. was endowed as waqf to... Several audition statements, dated 709 to 783 on fol. 3. Reading statements on fol. 5a. Waqf on fol. 5a, 19a, 21a. Several audition statements follow the second text, some dated Friday, 5 Muḥarram 752 [1351] (fol. 20b) and Saturday 6 Muḥarram 752 (fol. 22a). Ijāzah on fol. 22b. Fol. 23 is on another paper, with a note signed Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Jazarī. The names of eight... On fol. 31a: Title; waqf inscription in favor of the Jāmiʻ al-Azhar; label with the inscription "8090" using Arabic numerals. On fol. 31b: Waqf inscription signed Muḥammad al-Kaffawī for the ʻulamāʼ of the Jāmiʻ al-Azhar. The last folio (fol. 44) has been supplied by a later hand. Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 57 + i ; some catchwords ; traces of numbering of the quires (see fol. 18: "thāni ʻashar") ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: Number of lines per page varies. Description: Written in several hands on several types of paper ; sporadic use of yellow paper. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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