Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.409

c6.409

The painted scroll of the *Pañchatīrthī*, one of the most important documents of Western Indian painting, is in the collection of the Jain Tāḍapatrīya Pustak Bhaṇḍār.⁸ This pictorial roll is made up of two carefully joined strips of cloth, the first of which is somewhat wider than the other. The entire roll, measuring 30 feet in length and 12 inches in breadth, is in good state of preservation. The cloth is closely woven *khaddar* which has been specially treated to smoothen the surface on which the painting has been done, and to stiffen it on the other side. The object of this roll is purely pictorial and has nothing to do with manuscript illustration.