Ms. codex. Title from colophon (f. 383v). Catalog entry, lot 351, pasted onto front inside cover. Owner's stamp with the name ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn Aḥmad Khān Bahādur and the date 1273 (f. 2v, 383v) Binding: Modern green leather binding with blind-stamped and gilded onlays set into both covers of a central mandorla, cornerpieces and two pendants on the vertical axis; pastedowns of reddish leather with silver frame; gilt edges. Layout: Chiefly 21 lines in 4 columns; border-ruled. Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Illuminated headpieces in gold, blue, orange (f. 1v, 33r, 91v, 154v, 242v, 289v); 44 colorful illustrations, some of which are quite similar one to another (see for example f. 157v and f. 291v); textblock border-ruled in beige, blue, red, black with beige and black rules between the columns; page-opening frame-ruled in blue; rubrications in red, some missing. Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate on inside back cover).
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