Ms. leaf. Layout: Written in 52 long lines. Diagonal catchword in lower left margin on the verso. Script: Ghubar, in black ink. Script identified by Robert Hillenbrand. Decoration: Sura headings in red in small rectangular panels ruled in red; end of verses marked by painted gold disks; recitation marks in red. Narrow bands in green and gold with rulings in black and blue frame the text block. Three-sided border ruled in black containing lectionary markers in red with floral shaped medallions in brushed gold, red, and blue. Origin: Written in Iran in the 19th century; attribution made in consultation with Robert and Carole Hillenbrand. Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 025. Gift of Milton and Gail Fischmann, 1962.
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