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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
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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