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Illuminated manuscript from Northern India
- Title
- Illuminated manuscript from Northern India.
- Format
- Image
- Published
- 1750-1850.
- Description
- Paper: 41 x 31 cm.
- Notes
- Illustration and text on both sides. Language is Urdu; script is in black and red. Incorrectly cataloged as Persian. Old call number retained for now.
- Summary
- Three men in a garden pavilion with four men standing outside. Bottom panel: Two garden pavilions, each with a man and woman inside (same couple?). One couple engages in conversation, the other copulates. Side b: One illustrated panel-a man and woman greet each other in a pavilion. Two women and three men attend. Bright colors, some details in gold. Worm holes in places. Paper stained, smudged, torn and taped. Double-windowed mat, red.
- Kinsey subjects
- Book illustration.