Title from colophon (f. 158v, 349v). Foliation: Coptic numeral foliation, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. Foliation in Arabic numerals added in pencil, upper left recto. References in the record are to the Arabic foliation. Layout: Written in 22 long lines. Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Decoration: Headpieces in red, yellow and black with occasional green (f. 1r, 43r, 76r, 100r, 131v, 159r, 180r, 200r, 203r, 230v, 252v, 277v, 301r, 323r); rubrications in red; some small ornaments in red. Binding: Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); faint blind stamped central mandorla on covers with inlay mandorla on flap; plain paper doublure. Origin: Copy completed on 14 Baūnah in 1476 of the Coptic Calender (June 1760 CE) for Yaʻqūb ibn Ibrāhīm, in Asyūṭ (f. 349v). Watermarks: Three crescent moons; anchor. Owner's notations on the flyleaves and next to every colophon. Formerly owned by Ibrāhīm ibn Yūsuf al-Rashīdī (numerous notations and signatures, see f. 42v, 99v, for example). Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate inside front cover).
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