ABU ‘ALI YAHYA B. ‘ISA B. JAZLAH AL-BAGHDADI, KNOWN AS BEN GESLA (D.1099 AD), KITAB MINHAJ AL-BAYAN FI-MA YASTA’MILUHU AL-INSAN, ('A SYSTEMATIC EXPOSITION OF WHAT IS USED BY MAN'), MESOPOTAMIA OR WEST PERSIA, LATE 13TH/14TH CENTURY

ABU ‘ALI YAHYA B. ‘ISA B. JAZLAH AL-BAGHDADI, KNOWN AS BEN GESLA (D.1099 AD), KITAB MINHAJ AL-BAYAN FI-MA YASTA’MILUHU AL-INSAN, ('A SYSTEMATIC EXPOSITION OF WHAT IS USED BY MAN'), MESOPOTAMIA OR WEST PERSIA, LATE 13TH/14TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript on thick cream paper, 235 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 21 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, important words and headings in red, bab headings in bold black, in a brown leather binding

26.4 by 19cm.

Condition Report:
In good condition, the margins have been trimmed and occasional marginal notes and commentaries are not complete, notes on the margins in different hands, several ownership inscriptions and seals, minor stains and smudges, some pages affected by dump and humidity and restorations, the binding with losses, as viewed.

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