کتاب افتتاح من فن النحو

هذا كتاب افتتاح من فن النحو

Hādhā Kitāb Iftitāḥ min fann al-naḥw

Ms. codex.

Title from title page (fol. 1a).

Marginal notes. Seal of Solomon (fol. 2b). On two pages before first is the beginning of a work on grammar.

Collation: Paper ; fol. 104 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.

Layout: 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red on folios 1-9, 20-41 and 102-105

Description: Written in Fārisī ; rubricated ; overlining in red ; watermarks (hand-star) ; two types of paper ; MS in good condition with a few folios stained with dampness and mended.

Decoration: First page has illuminated headpiece in silver-flecked gray.

Origin: MS dated 944 after the colophon (fol. 104a).

Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم وبه نستعىن. الحمد لله الذي انزل من السماء الفرقان

Colophon: تم شرح المصباح المسمى بالافتتاح بعون الله الملك الوهاب