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Non-European laid paper

 i, 308, i leaves : 176 x 104 (126 x 65) mm, bound to 178 x 110 mm 18 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left; border-ruled. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, Arabic vocalized. Gold and polychrome headpiece (f. 2v) with halkari (gold wash) leaves and vines marginal fill, text on cloudbands (f. 1v-2r); illuminated double-page finispiece in the shape of two cypress trees (f. 307v-308r); textblock border-ruled in double gold; page-opening frame-ruled in gold; rubrications and overlining in red. Library bookplate Manuscript description in pencil Customs stamp Illuminated headpiece Illuminated marginal fill Cloudbands Illuminated marginal fill Cloudbands Dual page illumination Dual page illumination Customs stamp

Lacquered cover of flowers on red background; inside covers depict a large, single flower on a brown background with smaller flowers around the base.

Copy completed on 21 Rajab 1215 AH (December 1800) by Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣfahānī (f. 308r).

1800 Iran? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Customs stamp solar dated 1312/1934 (f. 2r, 308v) Religious life--Shīʻah--Early works to 1800 Shīʻah--Customs and practices--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York Manuscripts, Persian--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) Lacquered bindings (Binding) Islamic bindings (Binding)