Extent: i, 193 leaves : paper ; 184 x 112 (140 x 80) mm bound to 190 x 130 mm.
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Ms. composite codex. Title from label on inside of upper cover. Layout: 11 lines per page ; frame-ruled in gold and black. Description: Written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Varied glazed paper with visible pulp, mostly dark cream (some stained red or blue), some is blue paper, and there are a couple of sheets of yellow paper at the end of the ms. The paper of text 1 sprinkled in gold. Decoration: All texts are written inside a gold leaf frame outlined in black ink, and in most the columns and some verses are also separated with lines of gold leaf, outlined in black ink. Each of the texts has illuminated head piece on the first page, while some have several throughout the text. They are all in gold leaf and either combined with blue watercolor only, or blue and red, and a... Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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