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booklet: butterfly

Or.8210/S.5446

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Vajracchedikaprajnaparamitasutra (Diamond Sutra) 金剛般若波羅蜜經 (Jing gang bo re bo luo mi jing) translated by Kumarajiva

Date

890 to 910

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 10.5 centimetres, width 12 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : Manuscript booklet with butterfly binding

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.75.IV.II

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight

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