Brown Oriental leather binding with fore-edge flap and envelope flap; spine and fore-edge
flap have been renewed; central ornament of the covers: mandorla with two broad fleuron
pendants and an infill of S-stamps and quatrefoil shapes; interlace pattern adorns
the bevelled corners; frame consists of pairs of lines and a border of interlace pattern;
surface of the envelope flap decorated with same quatrefoils used to fill the mandorla;
frame border has the same design as that on the covers; doublures of the covers and
the fore-edge flap made of embossed leather, doublure of the fore-edge flap made of
leather
f. 1a: Gold-red-blue title vignette which consists of a rectangle divided into three sections
from which ornamental rays radiate upward, and to the side of which is located a marginal
mandorla. The first section is filled with arabesques; the second features the title
of the work written in silver thuluth in a cartouche; the name of the author appears
in silver naskh encircled by a huitfoil in the lowest area.
Illustrations
f. 8a, 18b, 31b, 42a: depiction of the proportional relationships with the help of a pyramid
