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Manuscript, Malwa region, second half of the 16th century, --
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APA
Vivek Gupta, . (n.d.). Manuscript, Malwa region, second half of the 16th century, -- (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3920
Chicago
Vivek Gupta. n.d. “Manuscript, Malwa region, second half of the 16th century, --.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3920
MLA
Vivek Gupta. Manuscript, Malwa Region, Second Half of the 16th Century, --, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3920
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- India_VG_04
- Author
- Vivek Gupta
- Date
- 1551 – 1600
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Approximate
- Place of Production
- India, Madhya Pradesh State, Malwa Region
- Present Location
- John Rylands Library, Manchester
- Title of the Document (If Relevant)
- Chandayan
- Type of text
- Poetry
- Nature of the Text
- Other
- Text Content
- Sufi narrative poetry. Verse 32 on "The Birth of Chanda." Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024, p. 88 (fol. 14b) ; Verse 46, Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024, p. 100 (Fol. 28b) ; Verse 74 on Chanda's mole, Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024, p. 121 (fol. 48a) ; Verse 77 on "Chanda's Breasts.", Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024, p. 123 (fol. 50a), Verse 121 on "Rao Rupchand's Gambit", Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024, p. 160 (fol. 88b), Verse 191 on "Chanda securing the Rope", Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024., p. 224 (fol. 159b)
- Script
- Other
- Remarks (General Identification)
- Accession No : Hindustani MS 1
- Type of Object
- manuscript\codex
- Size (of the object)
- 23.4 x 14.7 cm
- Technique
- written
- Bibliography
- Adamjee, Qamar. “Strategies for Visual Narration in the Illustrated Chandayan Manuscripts.” PhD diss. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2011. 141-145.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Groups of Characters Baseline
- oblique
- Character Spacing
- regular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- frequent
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- inclined square
Ascenders
- Lām Ascenders
- lām - inclined to left
Descenders
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- elongated curvilinear deep bowl
- jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
- semicircular backward tail
- opening downwards
- closed looped tail
- yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
- backward horizontal stroke
denticles
- sīn shīn denticles
- short pointed denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- initial slightly inclined to left
counters
Other
- additional characteristics
- large open dāl