Extent: 205] p. (17 lines, 4 columns), bound; 25 cm.
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Pages 1-4 have scattered lines of text. Pages 5-7; 200-204 blank. Text begins on p.9. Alternate title on t.p.: Manẓūmāt-i Jāmī. Contains numerous inscriptions of ownership and donation. Ms. in nastalīq on glazed paper. 24.7 x 17.2 cm. Illuminated ʻunwāns on p. 9, 49 and 107. Text area is framed by ruled lines in blue, gold and red. Text is divided into four columns by three sets of double ruled lines in gold. Headings and key words in red. Very little marginalia. Paper is glazed laid stock, handmade. Pervasive waterstains in margins; text not affected. Endpapers are of later manufacture and unglazed. Binding is brown leather over boards. Spine is plain; covers have fillets at border with simple floral design repeated along inside edge. Centers have inlaid embossed gilt mandorlas flanked by tulips at top and bottom. These are embellished around the perimeters. Blue and white chevron endbands. ELS 1440. Gift of Robert Garrett (Princeton Class of 1897), 1942. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
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