Extent: 261, i leaves: paper ; 164 x 100 (115 x 60) mm. bound to 164 x 107 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1a (repeated on the lower edge of the text block). 17 to 19 lines per page. Written in small naskh in black ink with use of red. Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol. 1b. The first two pages of the text have a gilt and black ink border framing the text (fol. 1b-2a). Light cream paper with laid and chain lines visible. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. A few marginal notes by other hands (one dated 13 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1327? [1909] on fol... Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "ʻAqāʼid 38". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥāʼ 275". From the books of Aḥmad Najīb (see fol. 1a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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