Extent: 57 leaves : paper ; 158 x 125 (132 x 100) mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). 17 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red for overlining and re-inking. Thick dark crem paper with laid lines visible. Chiefly quinions. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Worm hole on the lower part of the leaves from fol. 41 on. The lower exterior corner of the last folios is severely damaged. Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover (repeated on the pastedown of the upper cover): "Shīn ... 191". Collation : Paper, fol. 57 ; 1-2¹⁰ 3¹⁰ (-2, first and last folios of the quire missing, before fol. 21 and after fol. 28, with loss of text) 4¹⁰ 5¹⁰ 6¹⁰ (-1, after fol. 57) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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