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 257 leaves : 268 x 172 (200 x 110) mm, bound to 272 x 180 mm 21-22 long lines. Written in nasta'liq for Persian and naskh for Arabic. Rubrications in red. 17 larger illustrations about knowledge, chiefly in black and brown with some polychrome including green, orange, blue (f. 5v, 15v, 19r, 23v, 25v, 31v, 33r, 38r, 39r, 43v, 47r, 48v, 54r, 57v, 107v, 129r, 130r). Several leaves of tables in black (f. 152r, 190v-192v, 208v-213r). Library note in English Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Painting Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table

Black leather with embossed, painted, and laquered central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces. Framed in Arabic calligraphy citing a ḥadīth from the Prophet Muḥammad. Doublure is printed paper with honeycomb pattern in brown, orange, blue, and red.

Copy completed in 1233 AH. (f. 362v).

1818 Iran? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Intellect--Religious aspects--Islam Islamic ethics Islamic philosophy Manuscripts, Persian Manuscripts