Bulbul, circa 1700-1850
बुलबुल, १७००-१८५०
- Description
- 16 diagrams of different birds including the bulbul (nightingale), baṭaka (duck), and the kuliṅga (forked-tailed shrike); lists of omens associated with birds are to the right of each diagram; possibly a handbook used for telling the future; folios oriented to turn from right to left and not bottom to top as in typical manuscripts.
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- diagrams
- manuals (instructional materials)
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Subject
- Birds -- India
- Birds
- Hindu astrology
- Omens -- Religious aspects
- Geographic Subject
- India
- Collection
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm
- Notes
- Title from incipit (f. 1r).
- Written in 10 lines per leaf.
- 8 leaves foliated 1, [2], 3-8, lower right verso.
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; painted diagrams of birds; vertical and horizontal borders marked with double red or yellow line.
- Non-Latin script record.
- In Hindi (Devanāgarī)
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p34q7qp94
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1914
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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