Extent: 5 volumes (497, 560, 471, 535, 483 leaves) : paper ; 235-245 x 165-170 (160-170 x 95) bound to 228-244 x 165-175 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from preface of volume 1 (v. 1, fol. 3a). Table of contents for volumes 1-3 at beginning of each of those volumes. Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 497, 560, i + 471, i + 535 + ii, i + 483 + ii ; quires signed (v. 1, 4-5) ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals (v. 1-3) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: 23 lines per page ; volumes 1-3 frame-ruled in red and blue. Description: Rubricated ; some paper lightly tinted red or yellow (v. 1-2); some paper deeply tinted yellow, red or brown (v. 3) ; some paper tinted red or light yellow (v. 5) ; watermarks (v: 1-3: three crescents; v. 2: crest with roman-alphabet initial "W", roman-alphabet letters "EGA"; v. 3: shield with a face-in-the-moon; horn, roman-alphabet lettering "AS. Ilario"; vol. 4: eagle with... Decoration: Illuminated headpieces in gold, blue, red and black (v. 1, fol. 1b; v. 2, fol. 2b). Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red, yellow and white (v. 3, fol. 1b). Opening spread in volumes 1-3 frame-ruled in gold. Origin: According to colophon of volume 1 copy completed 1239 by Ibrāhīm ibn Muṣṭafá al-Badyawī al-Kinānī (v. 1, fol. 496b). Seal impression (beginning of vol. 1-3). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
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