Miniaturen mittelalterlicher Kalpasutra-Handschriften

The focus of this study on Indian book illumination are the miniatures of six Jain Kalpasutra manuscripts produced in western India (Gujarat and Rajasthan) as well as in Jaunpur, the capital of a Sultanate located further to the northeast, during the 15th and 16th centuries; all manuscripts belong to the so-called 'Western Indian School'. The study starts with an art-historical examination of the individual motifs and pictorial contents. In a second step their position is defined within the framework of literary history of the texts they are associated with. Furthermore, the contents of the pictures will be located in their cultural, religious, and historical context and their symbolism will be explained