Extent: 78 leaves : paper ; 255 x 153 (173 x 87) mm. bound to 256 x 158 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 2a. The colophon (fol. 74b) states that "a portion" [?] of this book (tamma miqdār hadhā al-kitāb) was completed in 1170 (1756-57), but there is no evidence of any part of the ms. being in a different hand, or in different ink or on different paper from the rest. Given the ownership date on fol. 2a, 1170 is possibly an error for 1107 (1695-96) [?]. Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Text written within a single line frame in red ink, except on ff. 2b-3a, where the frame is in gold leaf outlined in black ink. Illuminated head piece on fol. 2b, in gold leaf with black ink. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper. Ownership signature in black ink laced with gold glitter in the name... Illustrations: fol. 2b: map of the Mediterranean executed in black ink and blue and purple watercolors; fol. 3b: maps of Eastern and Western hemispheres, in black ink with blue watercolor; fol. 5b: map of the Mediterranean, in black ink and blue and purple watercolors.
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