MS Arabic 427

An abridgement of Avicenna's Canon Hand note: Script: nasta`līq Scribe: Muḥammad Riḍā' محمد رضى Ink: black, headings are highlighted by a red line above the relevant word Folios 9a, 26a, 27b, 32a, 33a, 34a, 36a, 37b, 38a, 43b, 44a, 45ab, 50b: notes and occasional corrections on margins. Diacritical dots for tā' marbūṭa and yā' are occasionally missing or misplaced. Sometimes alifs are missing: Folio 39b.1. Dialectal features: instead of بوقي is بواقي Script: naskh. Captions in red on the margins. Ownership note: Known owners: 1. Muḥammad Taqī al-Mūsawī (1872/1873~--seal), 2. Sāmī Ibrāhīm Ḥaddād (1986). Acquisition note: Sotheby's lot 484 (22/21.11.85)