Page from a Dispersed Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati, 16th–17th century, India (Orissa), Ink and opaque watercolor on palm leaf, 1 11/16 x 16 in. (4.3 x 40.6 cm), Paintings, In India, palm leaves were utilized as book pages during the medieval period. By the fiftheenth century, paper had largely supplanted them. In Orissa, however, the ancient tradition continues to this day
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Page, Dispersed Romance, Chandrabhanu, Lavanyavati, 16th–17th century, India, Orissa, Ink, opaque watercolor, palm leaf, 1 11/16 x 16, 4.3 40.6 cm, Paintings, leaves, utilized, book pages, medieval period, fiftheenth, paper, largely supplanted, ancient tradition, continues, day
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