Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 243 x 125 mm leaf [156 x 70 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: None visible; 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cmScript:
Nasta‘līqInk: Black ink, with headings and overlinings in redBinding: Red, full leather, Islamic-style binding, with unsupported spineCondition: Excellent; very few wormholes towards front of volumeMarginalia: Very few and all in hand of copyistSeals: F. 2r
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 256 x 172 mm leaf [192 x 118 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic-Indic foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 22 lines per page; vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Black iron-gall ink; occasional punctuation, marginalia and some of the text in red perhaps by a later handDecoration: Decorative owner's inscription in gold (f. 1r); gold ink used for punctuation on first opening (ff. 1v-2r); silk page markers are used to indicate beginnings of textsBinding: British Museum bindingCondition: Minor waterstains, some wormholes, ff. 1-8 and 128-131 laminated with heat-set tissue; tears to the margins of f. 1 and to the upper corners of ff. 9-17 repairedMarginalia: Marginal corrections, annotations, and collation notes by various hands
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 174 x 124 mm leaf [130 x 94 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:Misṭarah; 11 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cm (ff. 4v-27v);Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing lines per 10 cm (ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r);No ruling visible; average 18 lines per page; 16 lines per 10 cm (ff. 105v-108v)Script: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and over lining in redBinding: British Museum binding in brown leatherCondition: minor waterstains, some foxing and light grime from thumbing, some folios torn and repaired (e.g. ff. 10, 11 and 68)Marginalia: Occasional marginal annotations and corrections
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 239 x 162 mm leaf [187 x 113 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic foliation in pencilRuling: No signs of ruling; 17 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 lines per 10 cmScript: Naskh; fully dotted and heavily vocalisedInk: BlackBinding: British Museum bindingCondition: Some waterstains worse towards beginning and end (affects legibility most on ff. 49v-50r), minor wormholes, and light foxing; the lower corners towards the fore edge of ff.187-191have been torn off and repaired, but some text has been lostMarginalia: Some longer marginal notes especially in Item 1 (ff. 2v-82r); very few after thatSeals: f. 2r
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 174 x 124 mm leaf [130 x 94 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:Misṭarah; 11 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cm (ff. 4v-27v);Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing lines per 10 cm (ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r);No ruling visible; average 18 lines per page; 16 lines per 10 cm (ff. 105v-108v)Script: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and over lining in redBinding: British Museum binding in brown leatherCondition: minor waterstains, some foxing and light grime from thumbing, some folios torn and repaired (e.g. ff. 10, 11 and 68)Marginalia: Occasional marginal annotations and corrections
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 237 x 150 mm leaf [190 x 115 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: No ruling visible; 13 lines per page; vertical spacing 7 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: BlackBinding: British Museum bindingCondition: Extensive water damage does no impede legibilityMarginalia: Occasional marginal corrections and additions; some notes on title page (f. 1r) in Hebrew
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 174 x 124 mm leaf [130 x 94 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:Misṭarah; 11 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cm (ff. 4v-27v);Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing lines per 10 cm (ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r);No ruling visible; average 18 lines per page; 16 lines per 10 cm (ff. 105v-108v)Script: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and over lining in redBinding: British Museum binding in brown leatherCondition: minor waterstains, some foxing and light grime from thumbing, some folios torn and repaired (e.g. ff. 10, 11 and 68)Marginalia: Occasional marginal annotations and corrections
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 246 x 164 mm leaf [173 x 115 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; a leaf has been left unfoliated between ff. 101 and 102Ruling:
Misṭarah; 21 lines per page; vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black, with headings in redBinding: British Museum bindingCondition: Minor water damage towards front and back, some re-inking at frontMarginalia: Marginal annotations by more than one hand; f. 1v has a line of HebrewSeals: f. 2r
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 174 x 124 mm leaf [130 x 94 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:Misṭarah; 11 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cm (ff. 4v-27v);Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing lines per 10 cm (ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r);No ruling visible; average 18 lines per page; 16 lines per 10 cm (ff. 105v-108v)Script: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and over lining in redBinding: British Museum binding in brown leatherCondition: minor waterstains, some foxing and light grime from thumbing, some folios torn and repaired (e.g. ff. 10, 11 and 68)Marginalia: Occasional marginal annotations and corrections
