Palm leaf. 225 x 50mm. c.300 leaves.

The leaves have writing on both sides, c.11-15 lines per side. The leaves are enclosed within 2 wooden boards. Two strings are attached to the end board and run through holes in the leaves and front board. The excess string is wound around the boards and leaves to secure them together.

Paper. 205 x 140mm. 343 fos. Collation: 1⁶, 2¹⁰, 3⁶, 4¹⁰ ... 41⁶, 42¹⁰, 43⁶, 1 flyleaf. Dated 1618?

Syriac script, rubricated. 18 lines to a page.

Blind tooled red goatskin Islamic binding with flap.

    Vellum, 11.5 x 8,  29 x 21 (centim.), ff. 239+ 8, double columns of 40 lines.

Early 14th cent., in a beautiful hand: ink blacker at the beginning of the volume.

Fine ornaments.