Claremont Colleges Scholarship @ Claremont Scripps Senior Theses Scripps Student Scholarship 2018 Syncretic Souvenirs: An Investigation of Two Modern Indian Manuscripts Madeline Helland Recommended Citation Helland, Madeline, "Syncretic Souvenirs: An Investigation of Two Modern Indian Manuscripts" (2018). Scripps Senior Theses. 1185. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1185 This Open Access Senior Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Scripps Student Scholarship at Scholarship @ Claremont. It has been accepted for inclusion in Scripps Senior Theses by an authorized administrator of Scholarship @ Claremont. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. SYNCRETIC SOUVENIRS: AN INVESTIGATION OF TWO MODERN INDIAN MANUSCRIPTS by MADELINE HELLAND SUBMITTED TO SCRIPPS COLLEGE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS BRUCE COATS, SCRIPPS COLLEGE DANIEL MICHON, CLAREMONT McKENNA COLLEGE APRIL 20, 2018 Helland 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………2 Introduction……………………………………………………………………3 Chapter 1. Cross Cultural Context of Indian Manuscripts…………………….7 The History and Syncretism of Hindu, Islamic, and Western Traditions Appendix 1……………………………………………………………………21 Manuscript Construction Chapter 2. The Scripps Texts…………………………………………………24 An Analysis of Construction, Iconography, and Style Appendix 2……………………………………………………………………41 Miniature Paintings Chapter 3. Conservation of Indian Manuscripts………………………………45 Collecting, Ethics, and Treatment Proposal Conclusion……………………………………………………………………..55 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………..56 Helland 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to begin by thanking my readers for offering up their support on this project. Thank you to Professor Coats for bringing clarity and structure to this project in your role as my first reader. In spite of the fact that India and art conservation fall outside your area of expertise, you took on this endeavor anyway and for that you have my gratitude.