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

Cleveland Museum of Art

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page. The page features a central section with 7 lines of black text in a foreign script, with a line of text at the top that fades to illegibility; black text in two rectangular text boxes at the bottom; and illegible text along the top and in two columns on the left and right. The text on the page is written in a language that is not English. The background of the page is aged and yellowed with darker spots throughout, and a double border made of 3 thin lines in black, red, and blue. The overall design of the page suggests that it is an example of traditional manuscript illumination. The artist of this piece is unknown.

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585 × 900 px
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