Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Paper, i + 75 + i; [1-75]; three foliations: modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto which is in sync with an earlier foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals also in pencil in the upper left margin, recto, but is slightly out of sync with another, earlier foliation in ink, upper left recto, which has also been trimmed off in some instances. Catchwords in a different hand, lower left... Layout: Written in 17 long lines. Script: Written in naskh in dark brown ink; pointed and vocalized. Decoration: Rubrications in red. Binding: Modern binding incorporating 19th-century north African covers with flap (Type II) with stamped central mandorla with gold-tooled outline and frame corner decorations; marbled paper pastedowns. Origin: Item is undated, likely copied in Egypt between the mid-13th and mid-14th century. Numerous notes and stamps on the first folio recto. Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999. Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar. 2001. Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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