Folio from a Jain religious manuscript (text, recto; text, verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.142.1
People: Unknown Artist
Title: Folio from a Jain religious manuscript (text, recto; text, verso)
Classification: Manuscripts
Work Type: manuscript folio
Date: 16th century
Places: Creation Place: South Asia, India, Gujarat
Culture: Indian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/216551

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: 11.2 x 25.6 cm (4 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.142.1
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: The recto and verso sides of this folio feature lines of prose written in the Prakrit language in Devanagari script and black ink. The blank square at the center of the page contains a large red spot, a decorative reminder of the hole found in earlier pal-leaf manuscripts. A cord was inserted through the hole and used to string together the folios of a single manuscript.

Exhibition History

Where Traditions Meet: Painting in India from the 15th-17th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/05/2003 - 12/07/2003

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