Extent: 173 leaves : paper ; 162-166 x 118-121 mm, bound to 172 x 150 mm
Former Owner(s):
Rashīdī, Ibrāhīm ibn Yūsuf / رشيدي، ابراهيم بن يوسف
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from introduction (f. 2r). Foliation: Paper, 173; 1-159, [i], 160-172; modern Roman script foliation in pencil, upper center recto. Catchwords on versos, lower center or lower left corner. Layout: Written in 13 to 15 lines per page in black and red ink; text frame-ruled in blind. Script: Written in naskh in black ink, pointed, with two punctuation signs, a colon (:) and two slanting parallel lines (//). Folios 156-159, [i], 160-172, in a different hand, are more recent. Decoration: decorative opening in black and red ink (f. 1r); a few leaves at beginning of volume have simple decorative elements in black and red ink. Binding: Full dark leather with fore-edge flap and envelope flap; boards and flaps tooled in blind; white paper label with typed shelf-mark on spine. Spine and tail of upper board repaired with red leather; spine and lower board partially detached from textblock; some wormholes in spine and a few in boards and flaps. Origin: Item is undated, but probably copied in the 18th or first half of the 19th century. Likely produced in Egypt. Copy has ms. marks in ink and blue pencil on pastedowns and first leaf; a few ms. marginal marks and annotations in text; occasional ink smudges and blots and wax drips on leaves. Four small modern ms. leaves identifying hymns laid in. Formerly owned by Ibrāhīm ibn Yūsuf al-Rashīdī (note f. 163r). Presented to the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning by Dr. Cyrus Adler (bookplate with ms. shelf mark, front pastedown).\
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