Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Sanskrit—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett Indic Manuscript no 2. [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• illuminated manuscripts [Browse]
• illuminations (paintings) [Browse]
• headpieces (layout features) [Browse]

Summary note

Miniature illustrated devotional scroll of the Devīmāhātmya, a part of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, describes the exploits of the Goddess as the supreme power and creator of the universe.

Notes

• Ms. roll.
• Layout: Text in two columns of circles, each 3.2 cm. in diameter. About 18-20 lines per circle.
• Decoration: 32 colored miniatures in circles.

Binding note

Unbound.

Language note

Sanskrit;

Script

Devanagari

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman, no. 1412.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Place name(s)

India Rajasthan

OCLC

1516218213

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