Extent: iii, 121, iii leaves: paper ; 217 x 151 (155 x 90) mm. bound to 225 x 160 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). Physical description: 27 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of magenta (occasional light green and yellow for diagrams, see fol. 44b, fol. 68b-69a). Contains diagrams and tables. Thick European paper with watermark. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Inner margin worm-eaten ; fragile. Collation: Paper, fol. iii + ; iii (fly-leaves; wove paper) 1-910 1010 (-1, fol. torn out between fol. 93 and 94) 1110 1210 (+2 at end of quire) iii (fly-leaves; wove paper) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic numerals. Inscription in Western numerals in pencil on the pastedown of the upper cover: "1361". Inscription in Roman script on fol. (i)a: "AM 16644" (crossed out ; repeated on fol. 1a). Inscription in Arabic numerals on fol. (i)a: "42". Origin: According to colophon, copied by Aḥmad al-Shāhah(?) and completed on 24 Sh[awwāl] 1288 [Jan. 6, 1872] (fol. 120b, followed by verses of poetry). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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