Ms. codex. Binding: Modern binding in orange-pink textile over paperboard with flap (Type II); marbled paper doublure on flap. Layout: 11 long lines, border-ruled. Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed and vocalized. Decoration: Polychrome using purple, gold, red, black, white, and blue; dual page illumination of gold, blue, and white on first opening (f. 1v-2r) and last opening (f. 432v-433r) with text in cloudbands; readings in red, titles in white. On all other pages, textblock rule-bordered in red and blue; page framed with a narrow blue rule. Roundels and medallions to indicate text divisions appear... Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933. Provenance: Formerly owned by Ḥāfiẓ Karam al-Dīn, son of Ḥāfiẓ Sharaf al-Dīn of Tapah Awmira (inscription in Persian on f. 433v). Provenance: Formerly owned by Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate inside front cover and inscription reading: "Presented by Sami-ul-Husain Khan to Oliver H. Perkins, Esq. Agra, India 30th December 1905" on first flyleaf verso). Provenance: Sold at auction from the collection of Oliver Henry Perkins, Anderson Galleries, 23 March 1926, lot 576. Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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