829/1425?).īinding note: Panel defined by a large border consisting of fillets and a running pattern, with corner pieces. 804/1401)and from Sharḥ al-Minhāj by al-Ḥiṣnī (Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn, d. 195a-196b by several short appendices (fāʼidah and qāʻidah), and short excerpts from Sharḥ al-Minhāj by Ibn al-Mulaqqin (d. Mach mentions another copy: Chester Beatty, no. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Catchword on the verso of each leaf except the central folio of a quire. Inscription on the fly-leaf of the upper cover. A few notes on the margin quoting other sources (see fol. Illuminated title page (ʻunwān) in blue, red and gold (fol. Light cream glazed paper with laid lines visible frame-ruled. Written in medium large naskh in black ink with use of red. 82a: Short text on the characteristics and skills accorded during creation to various nations / Kaʻb al-Aḥbār.ġ1 lines per page. 77a-81b: Text on precious stones / Yaʻqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī.Ĭontents: 4.
Re-used paper pasted on the inner covers. Decorated blue paper pasted over the covers and envelope flap. Abstract: Treatise on the properties of precious stones in 25 chapters (bāb), followed by a short anecdote, excerpts from a treatise on precious stones attributed to Yaʻqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī and a note about the characteristics and skills accorded during creation to various nations attributed to Kaʻb al-Aḥbār.īinding note: Leather over paper pasteboard for upper and lower covers and envelope flap.
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