Kitāb al-Shifāʾ bi-taʻrīf ḥuqūq al-Muṣṭafá ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam / / كتاب الشفاء بتعريف حقوق المصطفى صلى الله عليه وعلى آل وصحبه وسلم /
Extent: 184 leaves: paper ; 268 x 185 (185 x 125) mm. bound to 270 x 200 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from illuminated title page (fol. 2a). Physical description: 19 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. The text is vocalized. Light cream paper, glossy, with laid and chain lines visible; frame-ruled. Fol. 1 and 184 are later additions (European paper). Collation notes on the margin. Verses of poetry on fol. 1a. Several inscriptions on fol. 2a, including price and ownership and reading... Decoration: Illuminated title page executed in gold, blue, and black on fol. 2a. The upper part of the page bears a rectangular panel (120 x 50 mm.) outlined in blue with flecks at each outer corner, with a cartouche bearing the title on a gold and blue ground. Roundel in gold and black outlined in blue to the left of the panel. A scalloped roundel consisting of two interlocking trefoils... Chiefly quinions. Catchword on the verso of each leaf; the quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals (see "Rābiʻ al-Shifā" on fol. 32a). Inscription in Roman script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "AUT S 75" (repeated on fol. 1a). Origin: According to colophon, copied by ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Raḍiy al-Ḥanafī (fol. 182b). Several ownership and reading statements on fol. 2a, including one dated 985 H. [1577 or 8] ; one in the name of ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Khiḍr al-Azharī al-Shāfiʻī, khaṭīb bi-al-Jazīrah al-Khaḍrā [Egypt] (repeated on fol. 182b). Several ownership and reading statements on fol. 182b-183b, including a signed selling statement from Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Jamāl al-Dīn Yūsuf to ʻAlāʾ...
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