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Text, Folio 38 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475–1500

Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century

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Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.119.38.b
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Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented page of aged tan paper is inked with dense rows of black script. Three large, solid red circles are placed in the center and outer margins. Thick vertical red bands divide the central block from side columns. Tiny red slashes punctuate the black script throughout. The paper exhibits frayed edges and faint, ghostly characters surfacing from beneath the primary text, suggesting its antiquity.

Text, Folio 38 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475–1500

Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century

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