Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Indian Sanscrit Illuminated Manuscript Leaf,
Date (inclusive): early 1800s
Collection Number: SC 824
Extent:
.01 linear feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Vault
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Indian Sanscrit Illuminated Manuscript Leaf. SC 824. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Scope and Content of Collection
Early nineteenth century handwritten and illuminated manuscript leaf, with printed descriptive slip (most likely prepared
by Otto Ege and probably from one of Ege's sets of the various series of the
Original Leaves from Famous Books). Written in Devanagari or "town script", the style of characters and illuminations indicating the hand of a Kashmiri scribe.
From a book containing selections from the
Mahabharata.