Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Catalog entry, lot 380, pasted into front inside cover. The entry and the Simsar catalog (p. 128) make reference to a stamp on the first flyleaf of Charles Mariet Caldicott and dated 1829 that is now missing. Binding: Bound in plain, brown leather with a blind tooled frame; pink leather doublure. Layout: 11 lines in two columns; border-ruled. Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold and blue (f. 1v); each page is border-ruled in blue, gold, black, and beige with the page-opening ruled in double black; the columns are divided by a central line of gold with pink and blue flowers painted on it; the same flowers on a gold field also appear at the ends of headers. Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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