Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1914: Bulbul University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1914: Bulbul are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from incipit (f. 1r). Written in 10 lines per leaf. 8 leaves foliated 1, [2], 3-8, lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; painted diagrams of birds; vertical and horizontal borders marked with double red or yellow line. Non-Latin script record. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1914 9954196113503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774415792 16 diagrams of different birds including the bulbul (nightingale), baṭaka (duck), and the kuliṅga (forked-tailed shrike); lists of omens associated with birds are to the right of each diagram; possibly a handbook used for telling the future; folios oriented to turn from right to left and not bottom to top as in typical manuscripts. In Hindi Bulbul बुलबुल

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 1 item (8 leaves) : 11 x 22 cm Bird, f. 1r Bird, f. 1v Bird, f. 2r Bird, f. 2v Bird, f. 3r Bird, f. 3v Bird, f. 4r Bird, f. 4v Bird, f. 5r Bird, f. 5v Bird, f. 6r Bird, f. 6v Bird, f. 7r Bird, f. 7v Bird, f. 8r Bird, f. 8v Birds--India Hindu astrology Omens--Religious aspects Diagrams Manuals (instructional materials) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century