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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 1962.279.157.a
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented cream paper features twelve lines of flowing black calligraphy slanting downward. One word in the second line stands out in red ink. The elegant characters vary in thickness, ink occasionally thinning as they curve across the aged, flecked surface. A thin red and gold border frames the text. The rhythmic script creates a dense pattern of loops and strokes that stretches across the rectangular composition.

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

c. 1560

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

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