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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 1962.279.156.b
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented page features twelve lines of black-inked Persian characters on off-white paper. The loopy script flows in a dense column, punctuated by two small red words on the left. Faint, winding blue and red lines decorate the background behind the ink. A thin orange border frames the text block, surrounded by a wide cream margin. The characters are rhythmic, with ink that darkens and thins across the rectangular field.

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

c. 1560

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

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