Extent: 29, i leaves : paper ; 153 x 115 (110 x 85) mm. bound to 155 x 115 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from preamble (fol. 1b, l. 14-15). The same title appears on a modern label pasted on the spine (horizontal). The name of the author is supplied by the cataloger, according to Kashf al-ẓunūn, ed. Fluegel, vol. III, p. 202 and vol. VI, p. 402. 17 lines per page. Written in careful professional naskh in black ink with use of red for headings and re-inking. Red circle text-stops. Thick cream paper, glossy, with laid lines and pulp visible. Catchword on the verso of the leaves at the beginning of a quire. According to the colophon, copy completed by Safarshāh ibn al-Ḥājī(?) ibn Muḥammad al-Jīlī on Yawm al-Ithnayn 14 Shawwāl 765 [July 15, 1364] in Dār al-Salām Baghdād. The date "765" is added apparently by another hand on an erased line (fol. 29b). Ownership statement in the name of Qāsim, son of (najal) Muḥammad Maṭr al-Khādim, dated 1152 H. [1739 or 40] on fol. 29b. Seal on fol. 1b.
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