University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Indic 34

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS7888

Shelfmark:

Ms. Indic 34

Title:

Nāgajī nai Nāgavantī rī bata / नागजी नै नागवन्ती री बत

Date:

circa 1700-1850.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Marwari

Marwari WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 12 x 17 cm

Former Owner(s):

Brown, W. Norman 1892-1975

W. Norman Brown WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from colophon (f. 54r).
Written in 2-9 lines per leaf.
93 leaves foliated [i-ii], 1-53, [54], [i-xxxvii], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīnāgajī nai nāgavaṃtī rī bāta saṃpūrna // subhabhavatuḥ kalpāṇam astu // (f. 54r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line and filled in with yellow. Illustrations occur on the bottom or bottom left of the text and are bordered with red.
Bound as a codex with heavy paper wrapped in cloth.
Formerly housed as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3023.
Formerly owned by W. Norman Brown given by his estate to the University of Pennsylania Libraries after 1975.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Nineteenth century

Eighteenth century

paintings (visual works)

Illustrated works

Pictorial works

India

Pachisi

Hindu legends

Erotic art

Siva (Hindu deity)

Rites and ceremonies

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9960788953503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3np1wk4g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania