Ms. codex. Title from introduction (f. 6v). Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; catchwords on every verso, lower left. Layout: 11 long lines, border-ruled. Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed and vocalized. Burdah selections in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Polychrome headpieces in blue, yellow, gold, red, and green over text on first opening (f. 5v-6r); full page polychrome illustrations of the mosque at Mecca (f. 17v) and the Rawḍah at Medina (f.18r); textblock is gold sprinkled and bordered in blue, red, and gold rules; gold roundels punctuate text. Rubrications in red. Page-opening ruled in blue and gold. Binding: Lacquered red paper over pasteboard (Type III) with gilt paper inlays on a central medallion and two pendants on the vertical axis, with a blind stamped frame. The central medallion is embossed with the binder's name and a formula of humility: al-ʻabd al-ḥaqīr Hakīm Mullā Khawājah Saḥḥāf. Marbled paper doublure. Green leather spine. Origin: Copied in 1295 A.H. (1878) (f. 126r). Gift of Gordon A. Block, Jr. (bookplate inside back cover), 1966.
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