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ORB.MISC.25

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Title

Modern facsimile of a Han period woodslip book

Date

2004

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Language / script

Chinese (script) Chinese (lang.)

Description

Scope and content : Modern facsimile of a Han period Chinese woodslip page created by Robert Davies of British Library Conservation and Imre Galambos of IDP, for the British Library 2004 exhibition 'The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith.' it shows how the slips were fastened together to form a 'page'. The notches for the string ties can be seen on some of the original slips.

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British Library

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