Extent: 63 leaves : paper ; 176 x 162 (150-157 x 130-140) mm bound to 175 x 165 mm.
Note:
Ms. composite codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). On the title page is a statement that the book was bequeathed to a mosque on Mt. Qāsiyūn, outside of Damascus in 692 [1293]. Following the end of the text are two quotations (fol.57a) On the following folios is a short work captioned Min Kalām ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Muʻtazz (fol. 57b-63b) which begins "al-Adab ṣūrat al-ʻaql fa-ḥassana ʻaqlaka kayfa shiʼt" Title also on lower edge of text block... Collation: Paper ; fol. 63 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: 12-18 lines per page ; ruled. Description: Written in late Kufi ; paper tinted red ; MS in fair condition. Folio 63b largely illegible. Origin: MS probably belongs to Xth century and is apparently unique. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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