Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Modern pagination added in pencil, upper outer corners. Layout: Written in 15 long lines. Script: Written in maghribī in dark brown ink; pointed and vocalized. Decoration: Illuminated polychrome marginal medallions showing text divisions; sūrah titles in red and green; green and yellow points throughout the text; vocalizations in red, readings in blue. Binding: Red leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); blind stamped central diamond with blind tooled border and frame; plain paper doublure cut into a zigzag pattern along the outside edges. Origin: The item is undated and unsigned, but was probably copied in North Africa in the late 19th century; machine made paper. Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate, inside front cover).
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