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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 beige background. The page is rectangular with rounded corners and has two red circles, one on the left side and one on the right side. There are two thin red vertical lines, one on each side of the page, that run along the edges. The page contains black text written in a non-Latin script, likely Devanagari, and appears to be in multiple lines. The text is arranged in two columns. The page has a worn and aged appearance, with visible signs of aging and wear.

Artwork Details

Date
15th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions
598 × 268 px
Public Domain
Yes
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