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Two other copies of this manuscript are in the National Library of Tehran, one of which is dated AH 1238/1822-23 AD (inv. no. 5-15785 and 5-20102).
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COPIED BY MUHAMMAD ASHRAF, INDIA, LATE 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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JAWAHIR AL-SANAYE' OR MAJMUA' AL-SANAYE' (A TREATISE ON GEMSTONES AND ALCHEMY)
COPIED BY MUHAMMAD ASHRAF, INDIA, LATE 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on cream paper, 103ff. and three flyleaves, with 14ll., of black nasta'liq, some phrases and words in red, marginal notes, catchwords, colophon, paginated, in brown blind-tooled morocco, cream paper doublures
Folio 8 7/8 x 5 ½in. (22.5 x 14cm.)
COPIED BY MUHAMMAD ASHRAF, INDIA, LATE 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on cream paper, 103ff. and three flyleaves, with 14ll., of black nasta'liq, some phrases and words in red, marginal notes, catchwords, colophon, paginated, in brown blind-tooled morocco, cream paper doublures
Folio 8 7/8 x 5 ½in. (22.5 x 14cm.)
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With Sam Fogg, 2015
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