A work on the special features with which Egypt has been specially blessed and in which it excels other countries.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from preface (fol. 1b).
After the colophon are two verses of poetry.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 21 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 20-21 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
Incipit: بسم الله ... قال عمرو بن العاص ابن يوسف الکندي
Colophon: والله سبحانه وتعالى اعلم بالصواب واليه المرجع والماب انه على ما يشاء قدير وبالاجابة جدير وبعباده لطيف خبير والصلاة والسلام على افضل سيد الانام ومصباح الظلام سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصفون وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين آمين امين تم
Binding note
Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and red marbled paper.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 759.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
OCLC
1295014261
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