Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 215 x 125 mm leaf [157 x 85 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 27 lines per page; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cmScript:
Nasta‘līqInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in redDecoration: Mandorla of blue and gold ink containing inscription in gold (erased) on red field (f. 4r); opening illuminated in blue and gold (ff. 4v-5r);Binding: Red leather binding with blind tooled medallion and pendants, and two borders of two fillets each, containing starsCondition: Minor waterstains to upper outer corner, some foxingMarginalia: Many by various handsSeals: ff. 4r and 110r.
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 271 x 182 mm leaf [181 x 120 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭarah; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cmScript: MaghribīInk: Black ink, with rubrications, overlinings, diagrams, tables and some interlinear notations in redDecoration: Numerous diagrams and tables, many left incompleteBinding: Red leather much repaired, with remains of mandorla and double frames of three lines each visibleCondition: Excellent condition; light foxing and some waterstains in lower marginMarginalia: Numerous on ff. 1r-23v; fewer thereafter
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 250 x 167 mm leaf [196 x 119 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil (pre-1884 foliation cancelled and replaced)Ruling: Misṭarah; 21 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black; red used only for labels in tablesDecoration: Numerous diagrams and tablesBinding: British Museum binding of red leatherCondition: Excellent; light foxing, minor water damage in margins does not affect legibility; some worm damage repaired in placesMarginalia: Some marginalia in a maghribī hand
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 335 x 240 mm leaf [260 x 200 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic foliation in in faded brown ink along with what are perhaps quire marks although extensive damage to and replacement of margins makes this difficult to determine.Ruling: none visible; an average of 26 lines per page on pages without illustrations or tables; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings, labels and text stops in red. Some tables and illustrations in ink that has faded to brown. Stars in illustrations are outlined in red and fill in goldDecoration:Binding: British Museum bindingCondition: Defective at beginning and missing a number of leaves (see notes bound into front of volume); waterstains and foxing towards tail fore-edge margin; all margins have been replaced but this rarely affects text, tables or illustrationsMarginalia: Very few marginal corrections and notes by more than one hand
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 269 x 186 mm leaf [193 x 121 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭarah; 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black, with rubricated headings and overlinings in redDecoration: The title page (f. 3r) is lavishly decorated with a cartouche and
shamsīyain gold leaf, and black, red, blue and white pigment; numerous diagrams in red and black inkBinding: British Museum binding in red leatherCondition: some grime from thumbing, minor water damage and light foxingMarginalia: Occasional marginal; notations by more than one handSeals: One seal of Ibn Muḥammad Ṭāhir Zayn al-‘Ābdīn, dated 1240? AH/AD 1825? (f. 3r); Three seals, one dated 1227 AH/ AD 1812-13