Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger based on introduction (f. 1v). An inscription is dated 22 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1285 (March 6, 1869) (f. 1r). Binding: Bound in pasteboard boards with brown paper sides with a black inked window design and frame, leather edges and cornerpieces. Plain paper doublure. Layout: 29 long lines; frame ruled with a misṭarah. Some marginal headers and notes. Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Rubrications in red. Short titles upper left recto. Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933. Provenance: Sold in February 1925 as "Ihmu'l-Ansul: 'The Science of the Roots,' i.e. the Rules for interpreting dreams and Islamic Exegesis, etc." (catalog excerpt and note inside front cover). Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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