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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tan, aged, rectangular piece of paper with writing on it. Text fills almost the entire page and is written in a foreign language, possibly Arabic. The majority of the text on the top 3/4 of the page is written in black ink. The bottom 1/4 of the page contains 5 lines of text; the first two lines are written in black ink while the last three are written in gold ink. A thin red line borders the page on the left and right sides, and two thicker red lines border the top and bottom. A gold line borders the top and bottom of the page as well. The top border is thicker than the bottom. The background is stained and shows signs of aging. Title, Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page; Artist, Unknown.

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596 × 893 px
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