Extent: 4 v. (i, 275 + 266 + 283, i + 340, i) leaves: paper ; 250 x 180 (170 x 125) mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from title page of vol. 1. 23 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink, with larger script for headings and for key-words such as "qultu". Annotations (often said to be from the author "khaṭṭ al-muṣannif") and collation notes on the margins. Vol. 1, fol. 99-116 and 246-257 are later replacements. Fol. (i) and 274-275 (the latter: blank) are on the same European paper as these replacements. Some quires are numbered using Arabic numerals and abjad for the fol. within the quire. Vol. 2, fol. 1a: Verses of poetry. Fol. 264b-266b: Blank. Vol. 3, fol. 1-8 are later replacements. Vol. 4: Several inscriptions on fol. 1a. Fol. 187-195 on smaller paper in another script. Some quires are numbered with Arabic ordinals, with Arabic ordinals for the fol. within the quire. Waqf statement on vol. 1, fol. 1a (152B). Vol. 2 copied by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Ibn ʻAbd al-Qāhir ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Qāhir ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī al-Shahrazūrī(?) who completed his work on Friday 6 Ṣafar 732 [Nov. 8, 1331] in Mawṣil (143B, fol. 264a). Vol. 3 completed by the same on Friday 27 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 732 [Aug. 20, 1332] (144B, fol. 283b). Vol. 4 completed on Thursday 8 Rajab [7]33 [March 25, 1333] (153B, fol... Two spine labels (vertical) on each vol., reading respectively: "al-Sifr al-awwal [-al-rābiʻ] min Kitāb al-Kashshāf bi-khaṭṭ al-Shahrazūrī" and "152", "143", "144" (in Arabic and Western numerals). Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leiden, 1925, from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut).
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