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Show 3 were sometimes decorated, and used for important communications. Th two varieties of these ornamented papers were the gold sprinkled, known a 2arfishan, and the gold spotted in squares and triangles, calledikli-zar A letter inscribed on this elaborate paper was placed in a large envclnp (Hharita) of brocade or gold cloth, the tapes of which were closed, led with wax on which was impressed the seal of the R.ljah o high et sending the letter. The manuseript and s bag were oftentime still further enclosed in a second envelope or purse of white net which in th Hindustani tongue is known as a dumiyan. This elaborate form of India letter writing is no longer common, but in my collection of "paperiana ens of these gold and silver spattered and gold an silver spangled calligraphy papers from Kashmir and from Hyderabad paper specimen No. 16, both so-called backvard nativ states where mic pomp and ceremony are still practiced among th ative digni In smkmgcontrast to the use of this splendid guld y the Maharajah of Kashmir and the Nizam o Hyduabad e e et was written from the palace of th Rajah of Mysore and dated July cighth, 1858. This most prosaic specime of cheaply-omate stationery was manulamurcd in England on a papermachine. In every way India is a land of contrasts Digital image© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |