Arabic manuscript on paper, 297 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink in more than one hand, diacritics and vowel points in red and black ink, gold roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in gold, catchwords, illuminated rectangular panels within gold cartouches prepared for sura headings, occasional illuminated devices in outer margins, one illuminated double-page frontispiece in colours and gold, crude repairs mostly restricted to outer margins, waterstaining, corners rather thumbed, brown morocco with covers with sunbursts painted in gold, with flap, rebacked 197 x 130 mm.
Arabic manuscript on paper, 297 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink in more than one hand, diacritics and vowel points in red and black ink, gold roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in gold, catchwords, illuminated rectangular panels within gold cartouches prepared for sura headings, occasional illuminated devices in outer margins, one illuminated double-page frontispiece in colours and gold, crude repairs mostly restricted to outer margins, waterstaining, corners rather thumbed, brown morocco with covers with sunbursts painted in gold, with flap, rebacked 197 x 130 mm.
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