Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 215 x 150 mm leaf [168 x 112 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic foliation in the purple crayon typical of Lebanese bookdealers of the 19th centuryRuling:
Misṭarah; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm (ff. 113r-158v: 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cm)Script:
Naskhwith
nasta‘līqtendencies and some titles and in
thuluth(ff. 113r-158v:
naskh)Scribes: Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī (ff. 3r-112v) and Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Mawṣilī (ff. 113r-158v)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated, yellow and green headings and overlinings in red (ff. 113r-158v: black)Binding: British Museum bindingCondition: Some worm damage, foxing, and tears towards the fore edge. Folios 19, 21 and 24 have been replaced.Marginalia: Extensive marginal corrections, conjectures, glosses in Arabic and Persian and other evidence of collation and textual study (ff. 113r-158v: very few)
Physical description: Material: Eastern wove paperDimensions: 190 x 120 mm leaf [150 x 91 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; mid-quire marks (mostly quinions) visible at the following openings: ff. 11-12, 19-20, 27-28,35-36, 43-44, 51-52, 66-67, 73-74, 88-89, and 96-97Ruling: No ruling visible; 25 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: BlackBinding: British Museum red, half-leather bindingCondition: Minor water damage towards gutter at head and tail; minor insect damage; some wax marks; verso side of final folio [f. 99] badly rubbed and text there semi-legible; one or more folios missing at endMarginalia: Many, mostly marginal headings by same hand, but not that of main scribeSeals: None