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Or.8210/S.293

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Manuscript scroll of the Abhiniskramanasutra (Sutra of the Great Departure) in Chinese.

Date

600 to 799

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 27 centimetres, width 600 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : Fobenxingjijing. Taisho 190. Catalogued by Giles 1955: cat. 3998 and in Zwalf 1985: 44.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

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

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