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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beige-colored rectangular page with rounded corners, slightly darker along edges. Black text written in a non-Latin script, possibly Devanagari, arranged in lines that run horizontally across the page. Two red vertical lines, one on the left and one on the right, with a red circle near the left edge and another near the right edge. A small numeral written vertically in black text near the bottom-right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
15th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions
599 × 269 px
Public Domain
Yes
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