Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Western numeral foliation in pencil added on every 25th leaf, upper left recto; catchwords on every verso, lower left. Layout: 15 long lines with border rules. Script: Written in naskh using black ink; pointed, vocalized. Decoration: Sūrah titles in white ink, framed in gold; textblock ruled in gold, black, red; gold roundels at end of each verse; readings marked in red; text partitions (juzʼ) noted in the margins in purple by a later hand; double page illumination in gold, pink, blue, orange with text on cloudbands in first opening (f. 1v-2r). Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); stamped with floriated central design and frame on both covers and flap; embossed bright orange paper doublure with dark green textile foredge flap lining. Origin: Copied by al-Sayyid al-Hājj Khalīl al-Ṣidqī, one of Ismāʻīl Zuhrī's students. The copy was likely completed in 1258 (1842), though date is somewhat effaced, probably in Turkey (f. 301v). Formerly owned by Swarthmore College, given to the University of Pennsylvania in 1967 (note in pencil inside front cover).
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