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Leaf from a Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)

Bhadrabahu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A long, narrow piece of beige paper with frayed and worn edges. The page is filled with black text written in a non-Latin script. The text is arranged in lines that run horizontally across the page. There are three red circular marks on the page: one on the far left edge, and two more on the right side. Two thin red vertical lines run down the left and right sides of the page, with the left line closer to the left edge and the right line closer to the right edge. The background behind the paper is plain and beige.

Artwork Details

Date
15th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions
598 × 245 px
Public Domain
Yes
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