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Or.8210/S.5311

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Chinese scroll of the Lankavatarasutra (Crossing to the isle of Lanka)

Date

600 to 699

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 30 centimetres, width 1290 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Description

Scope and content : Copy of translation by Gunabhadra in 443. Catalogued by Giles 1955: 3643, who notes the thick, bright yellow paper, and in Zwalf 1985: 79.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.76.VII.1

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight
Zwalf,WBuddhism, Art and FaithLondonBritish Museum1985ChinaBuddhismArtGoldenLight

Sponsors

Dedicated to Frances Ann Brown, Chan Buddhist trainee, by her husband David, on the occasion of her birthday, 6th May 2007.

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