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 i, 340, i leaves : 205 x 135 (145 x 95) mm, bound to 210 x 140 x 40 mm 15 long lines; border-ruled; catchwords each verso, lower left. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red (f. 1v) with illuminated foliate, polychrome marginal fill with the text on cloudbands on first opening (f. 1v-2r); textblock border-ruled in gold; rubrications in red; 39 color illustrations. Illuminated headpiece Illuminated marginal fill Illuminated marginal fill Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration Illustration

Lacquered boards; outside covers depict a single plant with several large flowers in orange and blue on a black field with a frame; inside covers depict plant with yellow flowers on a red field with black frame.

Copy completed on 18 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1231 AH [18 March 1816 CE] by Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad Jaʻfar al-Iṣfahānī (f. 340v).

1816 Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran. Persian literature--747-1500 Fables, Persian Manuscripts, Persian Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Manuscripts (documents) Lacquered bindings (Binding)