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41. Add MS 15296(1), f.18r

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Add MS 15296(1), f.18r
Title:
Manthara observes the preparations for Rama's installation. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 18v and above 15]. Vasistha returns to the palace and tells Dasaratha that all is prepared for the ceremony. Dasaratha withdraws to an inner chamber of the palace. Above Kaikeyi’s servant Manthara looks out of an upper window and observes the excitement – she goes further along insi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

42. Add MS 15296(1), f.22r

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Add MS 15296(1), f.22r
Title:
Manthara poisons Kaikeyi's mind about Rama. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 22v and above 16]. Manthara descends from above and goes into Kaikeyi’s bedchamber on the right and wakes her with news of the impending coronation. Kaikeyi is first filled with delight and rising presents Manthara with a necklace from about her person. Manthara then poisons her min...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

43. Add MS 15296(1), f.24r

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Add MS 15296(1), f.24r
Title:
Kaikeyi begs Dasaratha to exile Rama. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 24v and above 17]. Kaikeyi is first seen on the left sleeping dishevelled as in the previous picture and then rises from her bed to persuade her husband to grant her the two boons that Dasaratha had earlier promised her. On the right Dasaratha is first seen bemused seated on a couch ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

44. Add MS 15296(1), f.30r

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Add MS 15296(1), f.30r
Title:
Sumantra brings Rama to Dasaratha's palace. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 30v and above 20]. Sumantra arrives at the entrance to the palace with Rama in his chariot with townsmen bowing to welcome them. Once within the palace walls, Rama takes part in offerings to the sacred fire with Brahmins under a pandal, while in the throne-room within attendants wave...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

45. Add MS 15296(1), f.31r

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Add MS 15296(1), f.31r
Title:
Kaikeyi tells Rama that he is exiled for 14 years. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 31v and above 21]. Rama and Laksmana on the right, with Rama now changed into contemporary court costume, approach the gate of Kaikeyi's palace and leaving their sandals at the door come into the audience chamber. They kneel respectfully before the dejected king, who cannot bring him...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

46. Add MS 15504

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 15504
Title:
Copies of paintings inside a temple at Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript, collected in the 1780s, contains copies of paintings inside a south Indian temple at Madurai named the 'Choukie Lingum'. It was commissioned by a British surgeon named David Simpson and the paintings were made by a local artist. Part A of Add.15504 contains 30 painted panels (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780s
Extent:
1 Item

47. Add MS 18196

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 18196
Title:
Miniatures from illuminated manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Miniatures cut out of illuminated manuscripts, of Italian origin. For details of the individual cuttings, see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
14th century-16th century
Extent:

Parchment cuttings, 90 folios

48. Add MS 18850/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 18850/1
Title:
Detached former binding from Add MS 18850 (the 'Bedford Hours')
Scope & Content:
Parts of a 17th-century binding, consisting of a wooden box, 2 red velvet covers with metal clasps and 4 folios. These were formerly attached to Add MS 18850 and are now stored separately.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
Detached parts of former binding

49. Add MS 18855/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 18855/1
Title:
Illuminated calendar leaves
Scope & Content:
Two double-sided leaves from an illuminated calendar by Simon Bening (b. 1483, d. 1561). The leaves were formerly bound at the end of a Book of Hours (Add MS 18855), but they were removed in 1927 and are now kept separately. Two further leaves from the same calendar are in the Victoria and Alber...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1540s-1550s
Extent:
Two parchment leaves

50. Add MS 22750/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 22750/1
Title:
Detached binding formerly attached to Add MS 22750
Scope & Content:
Detached binding formerly attached to Add MS 22750.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Leather binding

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