Ms. codex. Title from caption title (f. 1v). Cataloging assitance by Murtaza Shakir and Alifiya Diwan. Binding: Bound in reddish leather over pasteboard with blind-stamped central mandorla and frame inlay and a border register made of gilt-stamped cartouches; plain reddish leather doublure; red painted edges. Layout: 17 lines in two columns; border-ruled. Script: Written in Indian nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: The first-opening textblock is painted yellow with a floral headpiece in blue and gold (f. 1v-2r); the textblock and columns are border-ruled in gold and red with the intercolumnar space filled with red for the first 10 leaves; page-openings frame-ruled in blue; 214 illustrations appearing on almost every page in full-page, half-page or quarter-page oblongs with liberal use of gold... Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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