9 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 780
Ref:GB 59 Or 9454
Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
Extent:Codex ff. i+88+iii Detached binding: +ii. Material: Eastern laid paper. Dimensions: 256 x 168mm leaf [185 x 113mm written]. Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil. Ruling: Misṭarah; 7 lines per page; vertical spacing 4 lines per 10 cm. Script: Naskh. Ink: Black ink with rubricated headings; headings and key words in gold thuluth outlined with black on ff. 2r-v and 3v. Decoration: Mamluk-style frontispiece illuminated in gold, blue and white paint, with title in the upper register, pious phrase in the lower register, and dedication within the central rosette (f. 2r); text of Prophetic sayings decorated with gold markers (ff. 2v-7v). Binding: British Museum black leather binding. The previous historical binding of brown leather with stamped and gilt corner and central medallions on brown leather, with marbled doublures pasted onto front and back flyleaves is detached and housed with the manuscript. The previous binding's pentagonal envelope flap is pasted into the second end flyleaf at the back of the volume. Condition: Tidemarks to head of volume throughout; sewing and head margin damaged and repaired in many places; previous binding removed and stored separately with volume. Marginalia: Very few except for interlinear translation (see Content). Seals: ff. 1r and 2v
Language:Arabic Turkish
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