A list of judicial rulings on inheritance by Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad al-Raḥabī (1103- 1181), copied with hemstitches like a poem but in prose. The colophon mentions the lineage of the copyist.
The complete collection of the poems of Zuhayr Ibn Abī Sulmā (c. 520 – c. 609), considered one of the greatest pre-Islamic poets. Extensive commentary in Arabic. Cruciform drawing to introduce the work on f. 134r and ornate colophon f. 154.
A section of the Risāla of Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (922-996), a writer of instructional religious works. This section deals with trials and witness statements.
The preface states that: "this is the book of a collection of matters and fatwas of this singular age of our time, exalted in its centuries, of ʿAlī Ibn al-Ḥasan al-Saʿīdī". In the colophon the anonymous copyist says that he copied the work for himself.
Dīwān al-Wasāʾil al-Mutaqabbilah ديوان الوسائل المتقبلة
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The first page of the dīwān of al-Fāzzāzī (d.1230), containing praise poems for the Prophet, probably to be sung on the celebration of his birthday. The verso is a charm to avoid hellfire.
The first pages of a versified work on Arabic grammar by the Syrian historian and geographer ʿUmar Ibn al-Wardī (1292–1349), with elaborate calligraphic frontispiece, possibly by a different hand, outlining various ritual practices to gain understanding of the Qur'an. Ibn al-Wardī is best known f...
A story concerning Moses meeting the devil with five donkeys taken from the "History of the Prophets and Kings" by Ṭabari (839–923). Below, several sentences mentioning the torments of the grave.