Physical description: Physical characteristics:Material: Western laid paperDimensions: 209 x 142 mm leaf [150 x 85 mm written]Foliation: Arabic alphanumeric (abjad) foliation in black ink, British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 25 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Black ink with rubricated headingsDecoration: NoneBinding: British Museum binding in maroon buckramCondition: Minor foxing and tidemarks in gutter at head and tail and in edge margin; iron-gall ink damage has caused discoloration to the paper and in some cases loss of text especially towards centre of volume; silk netting has been applied and paper has been repaired where iron-gall corrosion is particularly severeMarginalia: Very few (mostly Persian)Seals: F. 347v; British Museum stamp (ff. 3r and 348v)
Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 225 x 160 mm leaf [160 x 113 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: No ruling visible; 17 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black ink faded to brownDecoration: The text (ff. 1v-51r) contains 118 spherical figuresBinding: British Museum bindingCondition: Extensive water damage rarely causing illegibility; the folios have been rebound on guardsMarginalia: Corrections; paragraph numeration; and notes on the text attributed to Najm al-Dīn Abū al-Futūḥ ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Sarī ibn al-ṢalāḥSeals: Two seals on f. 1r
Abstract: Collection of Shiʻite texts.Binding note: Limp dark brown leather with blind-tooled fillets; spine repaired.Contents: 1. leaves 1b-31b: Mafātīḥ al-ghayb / Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī al-Majlisī.Contents: 2. leaves 31b-34b: Tarjamat ḥadīth al-jabr wa-al-tafwīḍ / Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī al-Majlisī.Contents: 3. leaves 34b-37a: Risālah fī al-zakāh / Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī al-Majlisī.Contents: 4. leaves 37a-40a: al-Kaffārāt / Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī al-Majlisī.Contents: 5. leaves 40b-44b: Māl al-nāṣib / Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī al-Majlisī.Contents: 6. leaves 44b-49b: Sharḥ al-ziyārah al-maʼthūrah / Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Riḍā al-Qummī. Title from leaf 49b, line 14. Text completed Rajab 1085 H. in Mashhad.Contents: 7. leaves 49b-51b: Ajwibah ʻan asʼilat Majd al-Dīn Shūshtarī.Contents: 8. leaves 51b-52a: Nubadh min aḥkām sujūd al-tilāwah / Bahāʼ al-Dīn al-ʻĀmilī.Contents: 9. leaves 52a-54a: Ḥadīth on the eight doors of heaven and hell.Contents: 10. leaves 54b-87a: Asrār al-ṣalāh / al-Shahīd al-Thānī.Contents: 11. leaves 87a-101b: Shukūk al-ṣalāh / Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī al-Majlisī.Ms. codex.Physical description: 19 lines per page; written in naskh (Arabic) and nastaʻliq (Persian) in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. First leaf detached. Damp staining across top of manuscript and some marginal paper repairs. Some loss of text on last leaf due paper loss and staining.Origin: Likely 18th century.