Extent: 42, 6, (2), 5, (1) leaves : paper ; 200 x 144 (138-165 x 56-93) mm. bound to 200 x 150 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Inscriptions on fol. 1a, first group. Four lines of poetry on fol. 1a, second group. A few calculations on fol. (1)a at the end of the MS. Collation: Paper ; fol. 42 + 6 + (2) + 5 + (1) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: 19-21 lines per page. Description: Written in Fārisī and other scripts ; rubricated ; watermarks (crown with grapes, roman-alphabet lettering) ; MS in good condition, mended, some folios gnawed. Origin: [Risālah fī ādāb al-baḥth] Copied 1157 in Rūsjuk by ʻAlī ibn Ismāʻīl (fol. 42b, first group) -- [Risālah fī ādāb al-baḥth] Copied [Jumādá I] 1157. Seal impressions of al-Sayyid Aḥmad Rifʻat at beginning and end of each text, his signature appears on fol.1a, second group. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
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