The third copy, designated (C):
This handwritten manuscript is kept in the Aya Sofya Library, within the Süleymaniye Library in Istanbul, Turkey, under shelf-mark (440/2).
Number of folios: five.
Date of copying: 6 Jumada II 834 AH.
Scribe: Abū al-Fath Muhammad b. Muhammad Ibn al-Jazarī al-Nābulusī.
Script: clear naskh.
Characteristics:
1 – A complete, carefully executed, and collated copy.
2 – Its margins contain corrections at several points.
3 – Copied during the author’s lifetime.
4 – The scribe marked the headings of the issues in red.
The fourth copy, designated (D):
This handwritten manuscript is preserved in the Egyptian National Library and Archives, within the Talʿat Collection, Egypt, under shelf-mark (880/2).
Number of folios: six.
Date of copying: Tuesday, 8 Muharram 850 AH.
Scribe: Muhammad b. Musa b. ʿImran, the Qur’an reciter (previously mentioned).
Script: regular naskh.