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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 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.); Text field: 16.5 x 10.5 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.31.a
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented page of aged paper features Persian calligraphic script in black, blue, and gold ink. Thin red and gold borders frame the text, arranged in horizontal rows. A top section precedes two small columns, followed by a prominent band of gold script. Nine lines of black text fill the lower half. The script is accented with small diacritic marks, and the paper shows minor staining across its surface.

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

c. 1560

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

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