Title from caption on table of contents (fol. 1a).
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Label on upper cover: "KE no. 329". Inscription (fol. (i)a). Table of contents (fol. (i)b-1a). Extracts (fol. 128a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 128 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 16 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (roman-alphabet initials with trefoil) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed 23 Jumādá al-Ūlá 1087 (fol. 127b).
On title page is a table of contents.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة ... قال الشيخ الامام ابو الليث السمرقندي اعلم ان الفقه علم حسن وهو اجل من سائر العلوم وهو علم الدين والشريعة وقوام الشرايع به ...
Colophon: تمت قد وقع الفراغ من تحريره هذه النسخة الشريف وهذا اليوم الثلث والعشرين سنه 1087 من جمادى الاولى بعون الملك ... غفر الله لكانيه ولوالده وللمومنين والمسلمين
Binding note
Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and cornerpieces and blind-tooled decorative edging. Multi-colored endbands. Pink paper pastedowns; flap lined with blue paper with block-pressed design.
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