Extent: 151 leaves : paper ; 170 x 100 (120 x 66) mm bound to 174 x 111 mm
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from introduction (f. 2r). Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. Layout: 12 long lines; border-ruled. Script: Written in small, neat naskh; pointed, unvocalized. Decoration: Rubrications in red including some marginal headers. Textblock border-ruled in blue. Binding: Black leather cover over thin pasteboard with faint blind-stamped frame. Endbands in blue and white and tan and white thread in a chevron pattern. Origin: The copy is undated, but an owner's note places it before A.H. 1041 (1631) (Flyleaf 1r and 1v, in the front). Partially effaced purple owner's stamp with the name Terbiet visible (f. 150v). Probably Tarbiyat Library in Tabriz, in service from 1898-1908 and run by Muḥammad ʻAlī Khān (1877 or 1878-1940). Sold on eBay July 2014; accessioned 2018.
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