Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. A repeating stamp on the flyleaves at the front and back of book bears pious statements and the number 118. Binding: Bound in red leather over thin card with embossed gold onlays in a central octagon and narrow frame; octagonal carrying case of silver-colored metal with a clasp that allows for a string to be threaded through it; grey enamal top set with a central red stone and ten red stone petals lined with gold. Layout: 13 long lines, border-ruled. Script: Written in neat, miniscule naskh in black ink, pointed and vocalized. Decoration: Dual page illuminated first and last openings in gold with green and blue or orange flower and vine motifs (f. 1v-2r, 357v-358r). Textblock is octagonally border-ruled in gold. Gold roundels lined in red mark verse endings; sūrah titles in red. Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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