The authorʾs revision of his poetry collection, Nuzhat al-nufūs wa-muḍḥik al-ʿabūs.
The revision is divided into two halves (shaṭr). The first half contains poems on
serious subjects; the second half, consisting of five bābs, contains poems on light-hearted
subjects. The work is misleadingly presented as Nuzhat al-nufūs wa-muḍḥik al-ʿabūs on the title
page (f. 2a). f. 2b: addition by a later hand
Red Oriental leather binding with fore-edge flap and envelope flap; central ornament
of the covers: mandorla with lobed perimeter, two fleuron pendants, all filled with
stylized floral scrolls; the curved corners are filled with more naturalistic floral
scrolls; frame consists of a line-pattern; the ornamentation of the envelope flap
is similar to that of the covers; doublures of the covers and the envelope flap are
made of paper; doublure of the fore-edge flap of leather
anchor in a circle with trefoil above countermark: ZMB; further ?; overlapping CA on a rod in single outline with trefoil above; A with two letters above and a rod in single outline with trefoil above
