136, 4 leaves : paper, illustrations; 300 x 180 (210 x 110) mm bound to 308 x 190 mm
Personal Name:
Vishnu; Bourelier, Claude, former owner.; Bourelier, Françoise, former owner.
Corporate Name:
Sam Fogg Rare Books & Manuscripts (Firm), vendor.
Rights:
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Notes:
Layout: 15 long lines, border-ruled.; Origin: The copy is not dated, but likely produced in the first half of the 19th century, in India.; Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.; Binding: Papier-mâché́ covers painted and lacquered with a flowering tree within a polylobed arch on exteriors and doublures. Exterior cover trees are on a green background with yellow arch and orange frame; doublure trees are on an orange background with yellow arch and green frame. A piece of bright blue textile embroidered with white thread covers the spine.; Decoration: Textblock is border-ruled in green, beige, red, and blue with the page-opening ruled in blue. Rubrications in red. The first opening has two polychrome and gold miniatures and the text in cloudbands (f. 1v-2r). Nine other miniatures in bright, primary colors also appear (f. 4v, 31r, 34v, 42v, 48v, 63v, 77v, 96v, 126r).; Persian.
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