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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
101 Ragamala series; The Barahmasa series, the Dhola-Maru series etc. In these there in very limited text on top margin and the picture occupies the major portion of paper. Such pictures are complete paintings in all respects and are intended to be kept in Bastas or sometimes framed to put up on walls.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the scribes as well as painters took to making small size manuscripts called Gutka MSS. illustrating various Jain and non Jain stories in religious books. They, at times went to ask for jobs at the doors of wealthy families, and painted Gutka pothis and wrote the text. In these books the text and the paintings ran side by side. The pattern of working was as narrated above; e.g., the pandit dictated the subject to the scribe or painter and he drew accordingly in his style. Invariably, the text was written earlier with the specific blank areas earmarked for the illustrations. which were added later. We see this in happening many MSS. where only drawing in available but colours have not been filled. The Gutka MSS. were small Pothis with leather building or sometimes lined with cloth as per illustration shown by the side:
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