Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r) / Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
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- Accession Number
- 1980/2.247
- Title
- Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r)
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Gujarat (state)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Gujarat (state)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Earty West Indian
- Dimensions
- 11.11 cm x 7.62 cm (4 3/8 in. x 3 in.)
- Century
- 15th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- album leaf
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- calligraphy
- Physical Description
- Leaf from a Kalpasutra manuscript with calligraphic text. Font size varies, and in the center of the leaf text wraps around a blank box of parchment with a red dot in the center. To the left of this main text block is a colorful illustration of an enthroned figure in a dotted robe flanked by devotees. Surrounding him are various auspicious symbols.
- Subject Matter
- The Kalpasutra, which recounts the lives of the jinas, is a popular text of the Shvetambara sect of Jainism. Commissioning illuminated manuscripts was one way for a Jaina layperson to accrue religious merit, and Shvetambara temple libraries house many copies of manuscripts, embellished with exquisite paintings done in expensive pigments.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1331 x 577
- File Size
- 115 KB
- Record
- 1980/2.247
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"Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r); Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-2.247/1980_2.247.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.