This leather hardcover protected the folios from damage and encased them in a book format. The raised pattern of scalloped roundels echoes a geometric design found in Mughal architecture, often studded with semiprecious stones on marble walls. On the other hand, the floral motifs that interweave this pattern reflect nature’s bounty in the image of the paradisiacal garden of Islam. The glimmering gold paint adds to this spectacle, heightening the texture of the surface through a play of shadows. Structurally, this book cover departs from common Islamic bindings, which have a leather spine that runs along the board’s edge. Here, the spine looks like a smaller flap attached to the cover, which may have functioned as an encasing. Alternatively, the original binding was perhaps damaged at some point.