Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Binding: Bound in red leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); gilt-stamped central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces; matching flap with fore-edge quotation beginning "la yalmashu illā al-muṭahharīn"; marbled paper doublure. Layout: 15 long lines, border-ruled. Script: Written in neat naskh in black ink, pointed and vocalized. Decoration: Dual page illuminated first opening in gold with floral borders (f. 1v-2r); gold floral finispiece (f. 303v); sūrah titles signified by gold bars lined in pink, orange, or blue; textblock border-ruled in red and gold; gold roundels with blue and orange dots mark verse endings; readings in red; floral marginal medallions mark text divisions. Provenance: Formerly owned Lydia T. Morris (stamp in gutter, f. 3r).
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