A Kalpa Sutra manuscript from the 1400's

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"A Jain Manuscript, Kalpa Sutra. India, Rajasthan or Gujarat, 15th Century. The manuscript composed of 72 individual including two illustrated cover pages in foliate reserves; containing text pages in Jain Prakrit with 24 illustrations painted on a red ground with details in blue and highlighted in gold leaf, the figures delineated with black outline, depicting scenes from the lives of the Tirthankaras; shrines and scenes of instruction by white-clad monks. 4 3/8 x 10¼ in. (11.1 x 26 cm.)."


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