Extent: ii, 147 leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 196 x 124 (138 x 77) mm. bound to 197 x 129 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Physical description: 14 lines per page, in two columns; written in small, casual nastaʻliq in black on beige glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in black, red, and gold with marginal black border; columns separated by a red and gold scrollwork bordered by gold lines. Catchwords; headings in white on dark blue background. Interleaf bound between fol. 1-2. Some smudging and staining... Decoration: On fol. 1b-2a, illuminated two-page ʻunwān in gold and colors, containing first six verses. With twenty miniatures. Origin: Copy completed 1 Rabīʻ II 1217 H [1 August 1802] (fol. 147b); likely from India. Owner's note on fol. 147b. Ex libris of Robert Garrett on fol. ia.
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