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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

c. 1560

Mughal India, court of Akbar

(reigned 1556–1605)
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Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.102.a
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Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented warm tan page features thirteen horizontal rows of Persian calligraphic text in black, blue, and gold ink. Most characters are black with interspersed red marks, while one upper line uses blue ink and larger central lines are gold. A rectangular box near the middle divides four sections of script. A thin red and black border frames the page, which contains fluid, cursive script of varying sizes and thickness.

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

c. 1560

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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