A miniature illuminated manuscript containing the Paintis Akhari of Guru Nanak, written in Punjabi in Gurmukhi script. The Paintis Akhari is a Sikh religious text in the form of an acrostic poem using the thirty-five letters of the Gurmukhi alphabet. This may be the apocryphal composition by this name, or Nanak’s Patti from the Adi Granth.

The small text is written 5 lines to a page, each page decorated with octagonal red borders. The binding comprises dark red velvet covers embroidered with metal threads and sequins.