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Or.8210/P.10

woodblock print, ink on paper

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Title

Dunhuang woodblock (or clayblock?) printed almanac/calendar dated to 882 and produced in Sichuan.

Date

882

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 26 centimetres, width 8 centimetres

Material

woodblock print, ink on paper

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

dated documents Astronomy and Divination

Description

Scope and content : This bears the date 882 (2nd year of Zhonghe) and the inscription 'Family calendar of Fan Shang of Chengdu in Xichuan, province of Jiannan.' This was in present-day Sichuan, soutwest China, which was a known centre of printing at the time. In 835 there had been imperial proscription against the private printing of almanacs. It has been suggested that this was printed on clay rather than wood blocks (Giles 1939: 1037).

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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