Extent: 82 leaves : paper ; 210 x 133 (157 x 85) mm. bound to 212 x 138 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 2a-2b. Date on fol. 82b: 1277. 13 lines per page. Written in elegant medium small naskh in black ink with use of red and blue ink for rubrications. Text enclosed within a triple-line frame, two inner lines in wide gold-leaf with outer line in blue ink. Glazed paper with visible laid lines. Indexing tabs in red wax on fore edge of folios: 1, 12, 15, 23, 36, 44, 52, 61 and 70. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals... Illuminations: Ff. 1b-2a full-page illuminations in a "carpet page" design: frame (154 x 92 mm) with a floral design on margins (total area: 200 x 120 mm). Gilt with blue, purple, green and orange watercolors. Text within cloud-bands, uncolored with outside area gilt. Ff. 12b and 13a illuminated plans of the Kaʻbah in Mecca and the Prophet's tomb in Medina. Gilt with red, blue, green and purple watercolors. Ff. 14b and 15a full-page illuminations in a "carpet page" design: frame (165 x 93 mm, including text area and head and tail-pieces). Gilt with red, blue green, purple and orange watercolors. Text within cloud-bands, uncolored with outside area gilt. Illuminated openings (ʻunwān) on ff. 23b, 36b, 44b, 53b, 61b, 72b, each with its text and the text of the opposite page within cloud-bands, uncolored with outside area gilt. Gold leaf floral design on margin of fol. 39b. Mandorla style miniatures in gold leaf, red ink and blue watercolor on margins of ff. 41a and 41b. Gold leaf floral design around ends of each section of the text.
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