Extent: 15 leaves : paper ; 110 x 80 (113 x 66) mm. bound to 180 x 110 mm
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Ms. codex. Title from text heading. Collation: Paper, fol. ii + 15 + iii ; catchwords on verso of each leaf. Layout: written in one column of 7-12 lines; some columns written diagonally. Script: Written in Naskh, vocalized, by Abd al-Shakūr Aḥmad al-Shāʿir. Decoration: Illuminated and embellished headpiece; illuminated frames and cloudbands throughout; calligraphy in red, blue and gold ink throughout; catchwords in illuminated circles. Origin: written in Iran in H. 1259/1843 or 1844. See colophon. Hand-written document (dated March 14, 1955) laid in describing contents and indicating purchase from Iranian dealer in Chicago in 1933; unidentified dealer's tag on first upper flyleaf recto with item number and price: M22836 2595 $10.00; on same flyleaf other item identification: [1?]090 2595 [?].A.S; ms. note at head of same flyleaf: Made In Persia.
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