Extent: 254 leaves : paper ; 190 x 120 (127 x 71) mm. bound to 192 x 130 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from the illuminated opening (fol. 1b). 12 lines per page, in two columns with central headpieces, written in nastaʻlīq using black ink. Gold, black and blue fillets form the outer frame; a single red fillet divides the columns. Thin dark cream paper with laid lines visible. On fol. 1b: illuminated headpiece. On fol. i(a): label with mention in Arabic "raqm 309" ; inscription in Arabic script "Sayyid ʻAlī Kitāb al-miʻrāj". Copied in Muḥarram 980 or 1098 by Yādkār(?) ibn Muḥammad ibn Niẓām (colophon, fol. 254a). Collation: Paper ; fol. i (endpaper, with inscription and labels) + 254 + i (endpaper). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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