Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Modern Western foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords most versos, lower left. Layout: 9 long lines with border rules. Script: Written in clear naskh using black ink; pointed, vocalized. Decoration: Titles in white ink, framed in gold and floriated designs; textblock ruled in gold, red, black; gold roundels with red, blue, and green dots punctuate the text; polychrome and gold medallions in the margins; double page illuminations in polychrome and gold with text on cloudbands (f. 1v-2r, 5v-6,); full page illuminations of the name Allāh (f. 97v) and Muḥammad (f. 98r), two seals... Binding: Dark brown leather over pasteboard (Type III); blind stamped mandorla with two pendants on both outside covers, along with gilded, embossed paper inlays and gilt stamped corners and frame; mandorla and frame gilt-stamped on inside covers as well. Paper: Different types of paper make up the volume, including machine-made Ottoman. Origin: Copied by Aḥmad al-Maʻarūf bi-Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʼan (f. 97r), likely in the mid to late 1800s. Funeral announcement for Ḥusayn Rushdī Pasha (1863-1928), prime minister of Egypt (1914-1919), laid in. Formerly owned by Mrs. William McClenahan, likely Jean P., wife of Dr. William U. McClenahan, given to the libraries in 1969 (note in pencil on back flyleaf 1v).
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