Manuscripts To Be Documented

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VADODARA, INDIA, April 3, 2003: A rare collection of around 2,647 miniature paintings and manuscripts, many of which have never been exhibited at Baroda Museum and Picture Art Gallery, are being readied for a comprehensive digital documentation. Art historian Ratan Parimoo has been assigned by the State government for a comprehensive study of this rare collection. “The present documentation is more of an inventory. In the last 50 years there has been exhaustive research in the different schools of miniature paintings,” says Parimoo, who’s seeing the entire collection for the first time. The miniature paintings cover almost all schools of paintings and include some Japanese sketches. Parimoo says if properly researched and documented, the collection will equal the one at the National Museum Institute, New Delhi. “Documentation is the first duty of any museum. In this computer age, digitalization helps to make records easily available,” S. N. Pandey, assistant director and art curator of Baroda Museum, says.