Arabic manuscript on paper, 303 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold discs marking verse-endings, inner margins ruled in black, red and gold, catchwords, illuminated devices in wide outer margins, sura headings written in naskhi script in white on a gold ground, one double-page illuminated frontispiece, colophon within an illuminated cartouche, dark red morocco with stamped central medallions and cornerpieces, spine rebacked 199 x 135 mm.
Arabic manuscript on paper, 303 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold discs marking verse-endings, inner margins ruled in black, red and gold, catchwords, illuminated devices in wide outer margins, sura headings written in naskhi script in white on a gold ground, one double-page illuminated frontispiece, colophon within an illuminated cartouche, dark red morocco with stamped central medallions and cornerpieces, spine rebacked 199 x 135 mm.
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