Ms. codex. Title from added title (f. 1r). Catalog entry, number 185, pasted into inside front cover with note in pencil "Sotheby's Feb. 1925". Stamps and notes cover the front and back leaves (f. 1r, 292v-[293]v). Three stamps are legible: 1) ʻInayāt Allāh, 1130 A.H. ; 2) Ibrāhīm ; 3) Muḥammad Bāqir, 1110 A.H. (f. 292v). Binding: Bound in brown leather over pasteboard (Type III) with gilt-stamped central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis; gilt-stamped frame; doublure of red leather with inset mandorla painted green, blue and orange with gold filigree and gold painted finials and frame. Layout: 19 long lines; ruled with a misṭarah. Script: Written in clear nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Rubrications in red. Provenance: Formerly owned by Muḥammad Bāqir (note in ink with stamp, f. 292v). Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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