Extent: 336 leaves : paper ; 291 x 183 (230 x 124) mm bound to 291 x 188 mm
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in large muḥaqqaq in black on heavy, tan, glazed, laid Arabic paper. Stops and marginal notes in red. Numerous paper repairs, extensive smudging and staining, ragged edges, mild insect damage. Text block has been trimmed. In poor condition. Decoration: Illuminated spread on leaves 1b-2a, with āyahs 56:77-80 in gold at top and bottom; heavily damaged, with most of the color rubbed away. Āyahs terminate with gold and red discs. Gold and blue medallions in margins indicate every ten āyahs. Sūrah headings in gold; first two sūrah headings set within small illuminated ʻunwāns connected to gold medallions in the margins, also heavily... Waqf notes in Turkish on leaf 336b; dates are cut off by paper repairs. Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, 1925, from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut).
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