Extent: i, 375 leaves: paper ; 329 x 183 (184 x 114) mm. bound to 335 x 197 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 2b. On fol. ia: Label reading "Douane Centrale Paris." Physical description: 19 lines per page, in three columns; outer column 12 lines and written on a diagonal. Written in small, elegant nastaʻliq in black on cream glazed, laid Arabic paper. Fol. 329b to end written in red and black. Written surface gold-sprinkled and framed in blue and gold; columns separated by double gold lines. Headings in red; catchwords. Lacuna after fol. 367, and fol. 368... Decorations: Lavishly illuminated double-page ʻunwāns in gold and colors mark the beginning of each section, except for texts 9-12, 14-15 which begin with small illuminated headings; titles in white on gold ground. On pages with double-page ʻunwāns, text set within clouds on gold ground decorated with delicate floral pattern, and margins embellished with large floral/folial pattern. Origin: Copy completed by Muḥammad Muʾmin al-Shīrāzī in Rajab 1028 H [June 1619] (fol. 375a).
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