Extent: i, 312, i leaves : paper ; 222 x 116 (166 x 74) mm. bound to 222 x 120 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 3a. Title on the lower edge of text block: Siyer-i Veysî. 25 lines per page. Written in small nastaʻlīq, which at times changes into ruqʻah, in black ink with use of red, blue and gold. Beautifully executed illuminated ʻunwān on fol. 3b, consisting of a gold leaf filled rectangle with a scalloped edge head piece in flower pattern above, made with embossed gold leaf and red, blue, green, purple, orange, white and black watercolors. Similar, less... Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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