Ms. codex. Title from introduction (p. 3). Pagination: Paper, i + 67 + ii; [1-134], modern pagination in pencil, lower center. Layout: Written in 9 long lines; text block outlined. Script: Written in clear nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Diagrams in red ink (p. 8, 10, 21, 23-25, 47, 50, 53, 56-58, 65, 67); later illuminated headpiece and border (p. 1); textblock border-ruled in blue, red, green, gold; rubrications in red. Binding: Contemporary Safavid silk with a repeating pattern of a female musician, rebacked in morocco; gold and silver painted floral doublure. Origin: Likely written in Persia, now Iran, in the 17th century. Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 18 Oct. 2001, lot 42, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
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