Persian MS 330 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Binding

Contents case-bound together in a contemporary hybrid style British-Indian binding. Sewn at two stations on cord supports, with edges trimmed and twined chevron endbands at head and tail. Covered in full red goatskin leather over pasteboards, with squares along the edges and without a flap (type III binding per Déroche). Cords put down on the board interiors then covered by pastedowns and connected to the text block with paper hinges.

Board exteriors decorated with blocked paper onlays featuring central central scalloped mandorlas bearing floral sprays, detached pendants, and corners in blind, with blind single fillet lines connecting them, and double fillet lines between the corners and bounding the perimeters.

Hand with caution. Binding in poor condition, with extensive abrasion to the exterior.