Extent: i, 100, i leaves: paper ; 254 x 140 (189 x 78) mm. bound to 254 x 145 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). 25 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) in gold, blue, red, pink, etc. The text is framed in gold and black lines on the two first pages (fol. 1b-2a) and in a single red line on the others pages. European glazed paper with watermark. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Foliation in black ink using... Ownership statement signed Aḥmad Najīb, dated 1288 H. [1871 or 2] on fol. 1a (mention of a price in the same ink on the upper corner: "qaymat 100"). Two obliterated ownership statements (one signed Aḥmad Saʻīd [...], dated 10 J[umādá]1184 H. [1770]) on the same fol. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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