Extent: 166 leaves: paper ; 187 x 115 (138 x 69) mm. bound to 187 x 117 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from beginning of text (fol. 7a). 19 lines per page. Written in clear small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. The text is framed within a single red line. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Thin European glazed paper with watermark. Fol. 1 and 166 are fly-leaves on thicker European glazed paper with watermark, with inscriptions. On fol. 2b-5a: Table of contents. On fol. 165b: generic spell to gain the heart of a woman... Ownership statement signed Aḥmad Najīb [2d half of 19th cent.] (fol. 1a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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