دلائل الخيرات و شوارق الانوار في ذكر الصلوة على النبي المختار. Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-nabī al-mukhtār, 1750-1850 C.E.; 1163-1266 A.H.

Manuscript codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Algerian customs stamp on last flyleaf verso along with two shadows of what were probably bookplates.

Paper support.

Copy is mostly disbound; covers are quite damaged. Covers are brown leather over pasteboard (Type III) with gilt stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces. The stamped sections are coming loose and curling along the edges. Gold tooled frame. Green paper pastedowns.

I, 2 unfoliated leaves, 99 foliated leaves, ii : 180 x 123 (116 x 70) mm bound to 180 x 123 mm

Written in 9 long lines; border-ruled.

Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.

Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, orange on first opening (f. 1v) and illuminated finispiece (f. 99r); numerous illuminated text divider panels in gold and colors; rubrications in red; gold roundels with red and blue dots punctuate the text.

Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto (1-67, 69-99); catchwords each verso, lower left.