Extent: (3), 84, 5 leaves : paper ; 216 x 135 (142 x 75) mm. bound to 215 x 142 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). A few marginal notes and glosses. On three folios after the text are a calendar-based numerology chart in Persian, an account from Abī al-ʻAbbās about Jews in Syria and a short inscription about the concept of plague being a blessing (fol. 83b-84a) Collation: Paper ; fol. iii + 84 + 5 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: 15 lines per page. Description: Rubricated ; some vowel signs ; watermarks (later endpaper only: crown-star-crescent) ; MS in good condition. Origin: MS probably belongs to the XVth century. Ownership signatures of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Mālikī dated 1286 and al-Sayyd Aḥmad ibn al-Sayyid Amīn ibn Quṭāybah (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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