قصه سيف الملوك و بديع الجمال

Manuscript..

Persian..

Title from colophon..

Scribe not identified..

Written in India..

Paper; light cream color, high quality, heavy laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with rubrication; elaborate unwan preceding text in red, yellow, green, and black; fol. 1b only has border of a black line with an inner border of thin red, wide green, and thin red line; catchwords..

Nastaʻliq; 13 lines in written area 14 x 8 cm..

Fol. 1b-87b..

Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M137..

Red leather Indian binding with embossed medallions front and back, highlighted in light grey with a floral design; border of darker red leather with repetitive design also in grey..

Tale of Sayf al-Mulūk and Badiʼʻ al-Jamāl, also recorded in an Arabic version in the Arabian Nights..