Persian MS 322 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Binding

Likely rebound in the 19th century. Resewn all-along upon two narrow, flat woven slips put down on the right and left flyleaves of thick, cream-coloured Thick, cream-coloured handmade paper endpapers.paper. Edges trimmed, very small, flat twined chevron endbands at head and tail, covered by flattened headcaps. Recovered in full maroon morocco goatskin leatherover pasteboards, with squares at the edges, without a flap, (hence type III binding per Déroche). Board interiors lined with maroon sheepskin leatherdoublures the excess width of which extends as hinges onto flyleaves and covers the sewing the sewing supports, with strips of paper adhered over top to neaten the joins. Flyleaves of comapratively thick, cream-coloured handmade paper that bear flattened horizontal spine folds punched with sewing holes, hence recycled from another volume.

Exterior leather grain heavily polished or crushed smooth in an ~10 mm band along the perimeters of the boards, resulting in a sunken appearance. Paper labels on the front and spine bear the title inscribed in Persian.

263 × 144 × 21 mm.

In fair condition, with white salts (spew) present on both on the exterior binding and interior leather doublures that resulted from exposure to moisture.