اقتباس:
Codex of i+303+i thick paper folios (37 x 31.2cm) with 59 illuminated sura-headings and leather binding.
Qur'an manuscript with Persian interlinear translation: Suras 38-112 except 40-41, 49, 54, 70, 82-84, 87, 93-96, 102-105. Florence customs stamp. Occasional patching with red-brown paper.
Folios: 7 lines muhaqqaq (29.5x20cm) in black with interlinear black naskh in Persian, verse-markers are gold roundels inscribed "ayat" in white kufic on red, with radiating gold petals. Marginal verse-counters are inscribed ["khamsa" or "`ashura"] roundels within square gold frame, with palmette pendant and finial, within oval cartouche, or with radiating shamsa. Margin Ornament: oval knot with one gold split-palmettes on each side, and small trefoil at the top.
56 sura-headings: knotted kufic or naskh in white against foliate spiral scroll, within illuminated gold ruled panel with projecting medallion in outer margin;
Binding: dark brown leather with tooled foliate scroll; gold-flecked red-brown paper doublures
Fol.1r: octagonal panel inscribed in white knotted kufic against gold foliate spiral scroll, flanked with illuminated panels of inscribed 8-pointed gold star-polygons + 2 lines kufic in black reserved against brown cross-hatching + long gold panel of foliate spiral scrolls, all within blue-outlined gold knotted frame, with 2 projecting roundels and illuminated 6-pointed gold star in outer margin;
59 illuminated sura-headings: suras 38-112 (except 40-41, 49, 54, 70, 82-84, 87, 93-96, 102-105), upon folios 12v, 56r, 69v, 83v, 89v, 107v, 116v, 132r, 138r, 144r, 150r, 155v, 162r, 169v, 171r, 180r, 188r, 195v, 201r, 205r, 208r, 211r, 215v, 220v, 224v, 230v. 236r, 243r, 246v, 248r, 253v, 256r, 260v, 263v, 266v, 269r, 271v, 274v, 276r, 284r, 288v, 290v, 292v, 294r, 295, 296r, 297r, 298v, 299r, 300r, 300v, 301r, 301v, 302r, 302v, 303r.
