Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Catalog entry, lot 513, pasted into front inside cover. Binding: Bound in red leather with blind-stamped and gilded onlay central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces; marbled paper pastedowns; endbands in blue and brown. Layout: 13 long lines; border-ruled. Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in blue and gold (f. 1v) with the text of the first opening on cloudbands with foliate marginal fill (f. 1v-2r); 16 miniatures in bright colors (f. 16r, 23v, 28r, 39v, 55r, 60r, 70v, 80v, 87v, 93v, 101v, 112v, 117v, 127v, 133r, 138v; textblock and columns ruled in gold with page-opening ruled in blue; rubrications in red. Provenance: Sold by Anderson Auction Company (New York), 15 December 1909, lot 513 (catalog entry pasted into front inside cover). Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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