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Laid paper

 1 + 4 leaves +141 foliated leaves + 1 : 205 x 155 (150 x 110) mm, bound to 205 x 165 mm Modern western foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords on versos, lower left. 4 long lines. Bihari in black ink; pointed and vocalized; often cramped on the left margin or a word is split and continues on the following line. Illumination includes a sequence of border frames, mostly unwritten, and incomplete, in red, black, blue, and green (f. 1v-4r), two in-text foliate banners in pale yellow (f. 20r, f. 118r), and a full-page finispiece (f. 139r), lobed roudels in red, yellow, and green often mark verse ends, but sometimes merely decorate the verses (see for example, f. 39r), or appear mid-verse (f. 67r, 69r, for example). Infill of red or yellow dots in some bismallāh headers (f. 79r, 81r, 90r, 128v). Inscription Decorative frame Decorative frame Decorative frame Decorative frame Decorative frame Decorative frame Decorative frame with bismallāh Illumination

Islamic binding. Full red leather binding with tooling and paper onlays. Fore-edge and envelope flap. Yellow paper endleaves, green paper envelope flap lining. Endbands with chevron-pattern secondary sewing.

Likely written in India in the 18th or 19th century.

between 1700 and 1850? India? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Name of previous owner (ṣāḥibah) has been pasted over (f. 1r). Manuscripts, Arabic Islamic bindings (Binding) Manuscripts Codices Illuminations Prayers Full covers Blind tooled (decoration) Onlays (decoration) Envelope flaps (features) Linings Endleaves Compound endbands Secondary sewing (endband techniques)