English: The Kitab Tadhkirat al-Fuqaha’ (Memorandum for Jurists), is a compendium of fatwas: a collection of formal opinions and decisions on legal cases according to the Shi‘a school of law. It was compiled by al-Hasan ibn Yusuf, known as al-Mutahhar al-Hilli (d. 1325). This manuscript was copied by the scribe Qasim ibn Husayn Shirazi. The opening double page has an illuminated floral headpiece in the style of the Safavid period in Iran (1501-1732), with colours predominantly in gold, blue and pink. The wide margins are illuminated with bold floral and arabesque decorations in gold and blue, and the text is within gold cloud bands. Iran, late 17th-century. British Library Or. MS 13890, ff. 2v–3