Extent: 75 leaves : paper ; 188 x 125 (147-156 x 65-72) mm bound to 188 x 128 mm.
Note:
Ms. composite codex. Title from fol. 2a. Layout: Ilhām al-muqaddas frame-ruled in red ; Mīzān al-ḥaqq frame-ruled in orange. Description: Written in small script in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Written area of text 2 slightly larger. Both texts have catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Text 1 is on glazed European paper and text 2 is on a thinner glazed paper with no visible chain or laid lines. Although the texts are not contemporary, they vary only slightly in terms of style and the hands are very... Decoration: Ilhām al-muqaddas has an illuminated headpiece in gold leaf, purple, orange and grey (fol. 2b). Opening spread is frame-rued in gold outlined in black (fol. 2b-3a). Mīzān al-ḥaqq has an illuminated headpiece in gold leaf and orange. Five ownership statements on fol. 1a, three of them dated, 1129 (1716-17), 1211 (1796-97), and 1302 (1884 or 85).
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