Extent: 413 leaves : paper ; 217 x 137 (162 x 73) mm. bound to 214 x 150 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from lower edge of text block. A few marginal notes and glosses. On three folios before the first occur an index and a table of contents (Fihrist qirāʼ al-ʻasharah). On the three folios following the colophon are several samāʻ certificates, one dated 823. Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 413 + i ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: 27 lines per page ; frame-ruled in gold on fol. 4b and 5a, frame-ruled in red throughout the remainder of the text. Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (roman-alphabet text "RheartR" in an oblong with unidentified mark including laurel leaves; roman-alphabet letters "PflowerR" in oblong with grapes below and crown above) ; MS in very good condition. Ownership statement and seal impression reading "al-Sayyid Ḥāfiẓ Sulaymān" dated 1097; seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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