Extent: 247 leaves: paper ; 248 x 176 (180 x 125) mm. bound to 250 x 180 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from ijāzah on fol. 1a. Physical description: 23 lines per page. Written in clear medium large naskh in black ink with use of red for headings. Dark cream paper with laid and chain lines visible ; frame-ruled. The upper part of fol. 1 is a later repair. Chiefly quinions. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals (blank between fol. 40 and 41). Loose leaves. Collation: Paper, fol. 247 ; 110 (-3 in the first half of the quire) 2-2510. Catchword on the verso of the first four leaves and the last leaf of each quire from fol. 7 on ; the quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals in the form "Tāsiʻ al-Ghurar" (see fol. 77a ; often cut off due to the trimming of the pages). On fol. 1a: Ijāzah with chain of transmission for Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Zayn al-Dīn Jaʻfar ibn Ḥusayn al-Anbārī from Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar ibn al-Ṭarrāḥ, dated Rabīʻ al-Awwal 723 (or 713?) [1323 or 1313], followed by another inscription. Obliterated ownership statement dated Dhū al-Qaʻdah 11--? on fol. 1a (later repair), with obliterated seal. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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