Maltimadu, 1740 = मल्तिमदु, १७४०.

Contributor:

Pacholi Sukhram (scribe)

Name:

Mañjhana, active 16th century

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1740

Description:

Illustrated love story in Hindi depicting battle, animals, domestic, and erotic scenes. Possibly from Rajasthan.

Language:

Hindi

Provenance:

Formerly owned by W. Norman Brown, given by his estate to the University of Pennsylania Libraries after 1975.; Brown, W. Norman (William Norman), 1892-1975, former owner.

Subject:

Love poetry, Indic; Hindu mythology; Hindu mythology -- Early works to 1800; Love poetry, Indic -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); poems; drawings (visual works); illuminations (paintings)

Physical Description:

1 item (65 leaves) : paper; 19 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title notes accompanying the manuscript.; Written in 6-15 lines per leaf.; 65 leaves sporadically foliated.; Dated saṃvat 1797 (1740) from notes accompanying the manuscript.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black with center red line.; Formerly housed as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 3024.; Scribe is Pacholi Sukhram, according to notes accompanying the manuscript.; In Hindi (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 28

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts