Extent: 240 leaves : paper ; 180 x 135 (110 x 90) mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1a (later hand). Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in casual medium small naskh in black ink, with use of red for entries. Dark cream paper with laid and chain lines visible, the latter in groups of three generally. Marginal annotations (often attributed to Shaykh Walī al-Dīn). First fol. badly damaged ; stained with water ; loss of text. Chiefly quinions. Catchword on the verso of each leaf ; some quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals (see fol. 26a). Inscription in Arabic script on a repair on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Irbīl 66". Origin: According to colophon, copied by Ibrāhīm ibn ʻAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nawawī for himself, Damascus, 4 Rajab 783 [Sept. 24, 1381] (fol. 240a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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