Ms. codex. Title from caption title (f. 1v). Foliation: Foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals in ink, upper left recto, [v], 1-177, [178]. Catchwords on versos, lower left corner. Layout: Written in 17 lines per page in black and red ink with occasional marginalia. Folios [i] verso through [v] verso ruled in red as a grid (136-145 x 77-91 mm.) primarily of 6 x 4 squares ([i] verso: 7 x 4; [ii] recto: 7 x 5); folios 1-177 have text area frame-ruled in red; text ruled in blind; outer bounding line ruled in blind on many leaves. Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: A few section ends have additional diagonal red rules within frame. Binding: Full brown leather with fore-edge flap and envelope flap; boards blind-stamped with central mandorla and cornerpieces; flap also blind-stamped; fore-edge flap lined with blind-tooled leather; envelope flap lined with yellow paper; yellow paper pastedowns. Condition: Copy has occasional dampstaining of leaves throughout with minor damage to text; dampstaining of lower portion of some leaves with damage to text and marginalia (f. 8-11, 148-162); dampstaining of upper portion of a few leaves with some damage to text (f. 72-76). Rust-staining at head margin (f. [i-ii]). A few leaves ink-smeared (f. 89v-90r). A few leaves stained with some loss of... Origin: Completed in the month of Shawwal in the year 1147 by Muṣṭafá ibn Sulaymān al-Qayṣarī al-Jarīm (f. 177r). Partially effaced marginal inscription and owner's stamp on f. 1r. Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (bookplate inside front cover).
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