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Or.8210/S.227

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Scroll manuscript of Mahaprajnaparamitasastra in Chinese.

Date

593

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 27 centimetres, width 940 centimetres

Material

manuscript, ink on paper

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Sponsored Buddhism colophons dated documents

Description

Scope and content : Very fine manuscript on yellow-dyed paper. Colophon dates it to 8th day of 4th month of guichou year, Kaihuang 13 (13 May 593). Scrolls Or.8210/S.227, S.457, S.4967, S. 4954, S.5130 belong together and probably same copyist. J-P Drege also suggests that same copyist for Pelliot chinois 2199. Catalogued in Giles 1955: 4232 and Zwalf 1985: 63.

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
Zwalf,WBuddhism, Art and FaithLondonBritish Museum1985ChinaBuddhismArtGoldenLight

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Dedicated by Sara Boin-Webb to the memory of Etienne Lamonte (1903-1983) who was the first to introduce this text to the West with his French translation.

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