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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 red vertical line on the left and right sides. There are two red circles, one on the left and one on the right, near the lines. The text on the page 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. The lines of text are not perfectly straight. The page appears aged, with darker patches and discoloration around the edges. The number 68 is printed in black ink at the bottom right corner of the page. The background behind the page is beige.

Artwork Details

Date
15th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions
599 × 270 px
Public Domain
Yes
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