Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

The text page from the Tuti-nama, produced around 1560 within the Mughal imperial atelier, reflects the narrative function of manuscript production in the Persianate literary tradition. Its inclusion in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection (accession 1962.279.86.b) situates it within global museum holdings of South Asian art, though scholarly attention remains largely at the level of cataloguing rather than interpretive analysis. The work's placement within early Mughal book production continues to inform broader discussions of cross-cultural manuscript-making in early modern Eurasia.

This object is a single page from the medieval manuscript Tales of a Parrot (Tuti‑nama). Rendered on warm‑toned paper, the surface bears dense black ink arranged in tidy columns, with occasional gold lettering that catches the eye. A thin blue line bisects the page horizontally, adding a subtle decorative element to the otherwise textual field.

The page contains a segment of the narrative Tales of a Parrot, a story that circulated in South Asian literary circles. The highlighted gold words likely mark key names or moral points, guiding the reader’s attention to pivotal moments within the tale’s moral or didactic framework.