The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 28, 2026

A horizontally oriented manuscript folio features dense black script on cream-colored paper. Structured horizontal rows fill the center, punctuated by thin red lines and a solid red circle. This middle section is framed by two thick red vertical bars, separating it from vertical columns of script on the far left and right. Dark staining along the bottom edge contrasts with the ornate, rhythmic lines of text across the page.

Text, folio 6 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475–1500

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

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.119.6.a
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1932
    (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1932–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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