Extent: 260 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 215 x 160 (147 x 80) mm bound to 214 x 163 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from table of contents (fol. 1b). Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Diagrams (fol. 22b). Two tables of contents (fol. 1b-3a and 5a). Inserts. Several inscriptions and a seal impression on first preliminary folio. A listing of an owner's library? (fol. 1a). A number of additional inscriptions, traditions, extracts, seal impressions, etc. (fol. 3b-4b). Gold ink used for heading on first table of contents, and one... Collation: Paper ; fol. iv + 160 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red. Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (later endpapers: crown-star-crescent and roman-alphabet letters "AC" with trefoil, circle with a bird; text: unidentified, IHS) ; MS in good condition. Decoration: Gilt headpiece (fol. 5b). Opening spread frame-ruled in gold (fol. 5b-6a). Origin: According to colophon copy completed 966 by Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʻĪsá al-Āyidīnī (fol. 259a). Signatures: Sayyid Ḥusayn, mudarris dated 1174; Muḥammad Suʻūdī; Muḥammad ? (fol. 4a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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