[Horoscope roll], 1770; [जन्मपत्त्रिका],1770

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1770

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London), the catalog Dreams, devotion and romance : illustrated manuscripts from India (2010).

Relation:

The Rosengarten Family Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366323; The Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366295

Subject:

Horoscopes; Hindu astrology -- Early works to 1800; Hindu astrology; Horoscopes -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

scrolls (information artifacts); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 roll (30 sheets) : paper, color illustrations; 11.3 m. x 28 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Sanskrit in black and red Devanagari script, yellow margins on either side of text filled with floral decoration.; Ink and gouache on paper, 29 illustrations of gods, cosmic beings, planets and zodiacal signs.; Saṃvat 1827.; Non-Latin script record.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 3