Anonymous treatise on horsemanship and the arts of the lance
Date:
1600/1799
Description:
Physical description: Material: Western laid paper with watermarksDimensions: 248 x 177 mm leaf [178 x 113 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil. Previous crossed-out British Museum foliation and evident re-organisation of the textRuling:
Misṭarah; 8 lines per page; vertical spacing 4 lines per 10 cmScript:
Naskhin a number of different handsInk: Black ink with rubricated headingsDecoration: NoneBinding: Blue half leather bindingCondition: Waterstain to tail margin and smudges towards front of volumeMarginalia: Pen trials (f. 2v). Ff. 80v-84v possibly an addition; see ContentSeals: British Museum stamp (f. 1r and 50v)