Arabic manuscript on paper, 149 leaves, 9 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink within stylised cloudbands on a gold ground, double inner margins ruled in blue and gold sandwiching floral motifs in gold, significant words picked out in red with further marginal commentaries in red within cloudbands, one double-page frontispiece (marking opening of prayers preceding main text) in characteristic Kashmiri illumination in blue, gold and pink, with text on gold ground and margins filled with floral motifs in gold, a further headpiece in similar style, several further illuminated headings throughout text, two diagrams in colours and gold of the holy sanctuaries at Mecca and Medina, Kashmiri painted papier-mache binding in polychrome, doublures painted red, spine rebacked 182 x 115 mm.
Arabic manuscript on paper, 149 leaves, 9 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink within stylised cloudbands on a gold ground, double inner margins ruled in blue and gold sandwiching floral motifs in gold, significant words picked out in red with further marginal commentaries in red within cloudbands, one double-page frontispiece (marking opening of prayers preceding main text) in characteristic Kashmiri illumination in blue, gold and pink, with text on gold ground and margins filled with floral motifs in gold, a further headpiece in similar style, several further illuminated headings throughout text, two diagrams in colours and gold of the holy sanctuaries at Mecca and Medina, Kashmiri painted papier-mache binding in polychrome, doublures painted red, spine rebacked 182 x 115 mm.
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