Kitāb sharḥ al-Kanz

Manuscript. Title from fol. 1a. Scribe not identified. Place of writing not determined. Paper; lightly polished cream color laid paper with vertical chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords; minor worm damage along the gutter and outer edge of page; lower right quarter of leaf 197 has been torn away; catchwords. Naskh; 29 lines in written area 19.7 x 11 cm. Fol. 1b-202a. "H-0685 = 4.303." Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 4-303. Binding; red leather with embossed medallions and borders on front, back and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding. Brockelmann. GAL, GII, p. 197 Arabic. Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945. Incipit: البسملة وبالله المستعان وعليه التكالات ان اجل من يستهل به للانسان من البيان. واسد ما تستمد به الاركان من الجنان ... Explicit/Colophon: هذا اخر ما انتهى من النصف الاول من شرح الكنز للعيني على التمام والكمال وحمد لله وحده وحسبنا اللع نعم الوكيل ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله المعلي العظيم.