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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library, Isl. Ms. 461Origin: As appears in colophon on p.907, transcription completed 17 Jumādá II 1091 [ca. 15 July 1680].Accompanying materials: a. Scrap of paper with "تفسير الانصاري القرطبي على القرآن" in pencil (pp.1-2) -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas (pp.3-4) -- c. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda (pp.5-6).Former shelfmark: From inner front cover, front flyleaf, and spine label "IL 49c" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures (board linings) in marbled paper (mainly in pink, salmon, yellow, and dark blue) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition, gold leaf lost from ornament on upper cover) with pendants and gold-painted accents, as well as tooled rule-border ; sewn in dark blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in light blut and yellow, quite good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and staining, etc.Support: European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), single chain lines spaced roughly 25 mm. apart (vertical), and crown-star-crescent watermark (see pp.39-40, pp.93-94, etc. ; compare Nikolaev, Watermarks of the Ottoman Empire, v.1 nos. 257, 268, 273, etc. and Heawood 1131-1133) ; crisp though thick and sturdy ; highly burnished.Decoration: Somewhat crudely executed 'illuminated' headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.(8) consisting of rectangular piece with empty 'gold' (golden yellow) cartouche flanked by blue accents surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece...

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