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

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a text page from "Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama)". The page features black text written in a non-Latin script, likely Arabic or Persian, The text fills the top two-thirds of the page and is written in 16 lines. The text is contained within a thin, double-lined border with a reddish-brown color. The bottom third of the page is blank. The background of the page is aged, yellowed paper with darker spots and discoloration throughout.

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497 × 893 px
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