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Or.8210/S.797

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Manusscript scroll of Pratimoksasutra in Chinese.

Date

406

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 24.6 centimetres, width 700 centimetres

Material

manuscript, ink on paper

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Buddhism colophons dated documents

Description

Scope and content : Colophon dating it to 5th day of 12th month of yisi year, Jianqu 12 (10 January 406). Catalogued in Giles 1955: cat. 4523. Zwalf 1985: 38.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Buddhism: Art and Faith (Zwalf)

Collings, T. J.Milner, W. D.An Examination of Samples from the Stein Collection of Early Chinese DocumentsSteinPaperAnalysisconservation
Drege, Jean-PierreIshigami-IagolnitzerCohen, MoniqueLe livre et l'imprimerie en Extreme-Orient et en Asie du Sud: Actes du ColloqueBordeauxSociete des Bibliophiles de Guyenne 1986printing/book
Giles, LDated Chinese Manuscripts in the Stein CollectionBulletin of the School of Oriental Studies7809-8361935I-ChineseManuscriptsGoldenLight
Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight

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