Extent: 166 leaves: paper ; 255 x 170 (190 x 130) mm bound to 255 x 180 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger, from heading of text 1 (fol. 5a) and colophon of text 2 (fol. 162a). Several inscriptions on the pastedown of the upper cover: "A259" (label; in Roman script); "158 Bl." (in Roman script) ; "... 140" (in Arabic script). Inscription in pencil on fol. 1a: "Raqm 82" (in Arabic script). Portions of a table of contents on fol. 3b and 4b. Fol. 47 b has a Table of contents for Text 2. Title on the tail of the text block (illegible). Layout: 29 lines per page ; fol. 2a-4b and 6a frame-ruled in red. Description: Written in medium small script in black ink with use of red. The last letters of some words at the end of a line are written on the margin. Red circle text-stops. Dark cream paper with pulp and laid lines visible. Foliation in Arabic numerals (starts with "2" on fol. 6a, the first original leaf). Fol. 1 and 2-5, 15, 47, 164-165 and 166 are later additions on European glazed paper... Origin: [Tafsīr gharāʼib al-Qurʼān] Copy completed on Yawm al-Aḥad 19 Ramaḍān 740 [March 19, 1340] by Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf (colophon, fol. 48a) -- [Asʼilat al-Qurʼān] Copy completed on Yawm al-Thulathāʼ 25 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 740 [May 23, 1340] by Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf (colophon, fol. 162a). Ownership statement dated 1254 H. [1838 or 9] on fol. 5a. Reading statements on fol. 1a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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