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Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a page from a book with a light-brown background. The page has a rough, uneven edge on all sides. There are two vertical red lines, one on the left and one on the right. Each line has a red dot on either side of the page. The left and right dots are aligned horizontally. The text is written in black ink and appears to be in a non-Latin script. The text is arranged in lines that run horizontally across the page. A short line of smaller text runs along the top of the page. A small number is written in black ink in the bottom-right corner of the page. The background behind the page is solid beige.

Artwork details

Date:
15th century
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture:
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions:
599 × 265 px
Museum record:
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