University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Indic 34

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS7888

Shelfmark:

Ms. Indic 34

Title:

Nāgajī nai Nāgavantī rī bata

Date:

circa 1700-1850.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Marwari

Marwari WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 12 x 17 cm

Former Owner(s):

Brown, W. Norman 1892-1975

W. Norman Brown WIKIDATA

Note:

Bound as a codex with heavy paper wrapped in cloth.
Formerly housed as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3023.
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.
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.
Colophon: iti śrīnāgajī nai nāgavaṃtī rī bāta saṃpūrna // subhabhavatuḥ kalpāṇam astu // (f. 54r).
Formerly owned by W. Norman Brown given by his estate to the University of Pennsylania Libraries after 1975.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Illustrated works

Pictorial works

paintings (visual works)

Siva (Hindu deity)

Erotic art

Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)

Pachisi

Rites and ceremonies

India

Hindu legends

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9960788953503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3np1wk4g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania