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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library, Isl. Ms. 108Origin: As appears in authorial colophon on p.28, granted by İsmail Ahmet Ahıskavî (Ismāʻīl ibn Aḥmad Akhisqawī) in 11 Jumādá I 1262 [ca. 7 May 1846] with transcription likely completed just before this date. Copyist supplying the main text of the ijāzah is unnamed.Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 143. Ijazat al-alam."Binding: Pasteboards covered in black pressed, textured paper with red leather over spine and edges/turn-ins ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in yellow-tinted European laid paper ; sewn in yellow thread, four stations, with primaries in red ; overall in good condition with only minor abrasion, etc.Support: European wove paper ; well-burnished ; tinted light-green,Decoration: Illuminated headpiece at opening on p.6 consisting of an arrangement of plumes (in red, blue, purple, white, etc.) and flowers (in pink and white with green leaves) on a field of gold ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of a heavy gold band outlined by black and red fillets ; textual dividers in the form of illuminated rosettes with red and blue accents ; keywords rubricated.Script: Naskh ; fine, well-executed Ottoman hand ; seriffed with mainly right-sloping headserifs on most ascenders ; effect of tilt to the left ; mainly open counters ; rounded, mainly curvilinear descenders ; rightward descenders tapered ; 'authorial colophon' in different hand, namely that of the scholar granting the ijāzah.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, VII (14), i ;...

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