Extent: 227 leaves : paper ; 184 x 136 (118 x 80) mm. bound to 184 x 138 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1a. Copied by Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Mālikī and completed on 27 of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 898 (1493) -- colophon (fol. 227a). 16 lines per page. Written in a small naskh in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Thick glazed paper with no chain or laid lines and with prominent pulp. Some water damage to the paper and duplication of ink, especially at the start and towards the end of the ms. Several ownership statements on fol. 1a, none dated. Few short inscriptions on fol... Illuminations: Fol. 1a has an illuminated panel design (titlepage), consisting of a rectangle outlined in gold leaf and blue watercolor; inside of it is a head piece with the title executed in gold leaf and blue, white and orange watercolors, and below is a medallion with scalloped edges and border design in blue, with the authors name, also executed in gold leaf with blue, white and orange... Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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