Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Modern western numeral foliation in pencil; catchwords on each verso, lower left. Layout: 29 long lines, compactly written; text block is frame-ruled; poetry is indented on both sides; no colophon. Script: Written in polychrome maghribi script; predominately brown ink; text is pointed with fully vocalized headings; occasional marginal notes. Decoration: Minimal decoration; some rubrications and larger text present to highlight quotations and names; ink colors become more varied in the latter folios and include green and purple inks. Watermarks: Trefoil above initials G/V or 6/V on some leaves. Venetian tre lune on some leaves. Binding: Bound in blind stamped red leather with flap (Type II) over pasteboard; endbands in yellow thread; front and back covers have embossed frames and contain blind stamped mandorla of green leather onlay with two pendants on the vertical axis; flap also holds two green leather blind stamped onlay pendants; doublure of thin, brown leather, scored in a regular pattern along inside foredge... Origin: Likely copied in North Africa, in the latter half of the 17th century. Formerly owned by Mohamed Makiya. Sold at auction at Christie's (South Kensington) as part of the Mohamed Makiya collection, 18 April 2016, lot 145.
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