Note 89 — The Thirteenth New Year’s Feast

Ba-qit̤aʿ-i-mat̤būʿa-i-muk͟htaṣar. Mat̤būʿa is used in modern times to mean “printed,” but here, I think, it means “elegant.” It is so used in the annals of the 12th year, p. 208, line 18, where it is applied to a building. Qit̤aʿ probably refers to the shape of the volume, and muk͟htaṣar to its small size, or to the minuteness of the writing. ↑