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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: 16.6 x 10 cm (6 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.66.b
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Location
Not on view
Print
One side of a vertically oriented cream-colored page features thirteen lines of Nasta'liq script, a style of Persian calligraphy, written with ink. The fluid text has sweeping horizontal strokes in black, occasionally marked by small red or orange dots. A thin rectangular border of gold, red, and blue lines encloses the script. Mottled brown staining marks the bottom, where rhythmic, interconnected strokes create a dense field of graceful, curved shapes against weathered paper.

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

c. 1560

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

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