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Fragment of painting on silk from Toyuk of multiple Buddhas.

Title Fragment of painting on silk from Toyuk…

Material colours on silk

Pressmark Or.8210/S.6110(A)

Item type textile

Fragment of prayer in Chinese on silk to Avalokitesvara.

Title Fragment of prayer in Chinese on silk…

Material ink on silk

Pressmark Or.8210/S.6110(B)

Item type textile

Title manuscript

Material ink on wood

Pressmark Or.8211/1764

Item type woodslip

Title manuscript

Material ink on wood

Pressmark Or.8211/1787

Item type wood tablet

Manuscript fragment with Sogdian on one side and Chinese on the other.

Title Manuscript fragment with Sogdian on one side…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/87

Item type paper fragment

no image available

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/149

Item type paper fragment

Old Turkic manuscript fragment.

Title Old Turkic manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/152(A)

Item type paper fragment

Fragment of yellow silk.

Title Fragment of yellow silk.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/152(B)

Item type Fragment

Manuscript fragment with Sogdian and Chinese text. Probably a Manichaean text.

Title Manuscript fragment with Sogdian and Chinese text.…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/152(C)

Item type paper fragment

Old Turkic manuscript fragment.

Title Old Turkic manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/152(D)

Item type paper fragment

Fragment with old Turkic/Uygur.

Title Fragment with old Turkic/Uygur.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/152(E)

Item type Fragment

no image available

Title A fragment of a paper roll, torn…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/193

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/619

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/620

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/621

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/622(A)

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/622(B)

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/627

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/628

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/629

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/630

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/631

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/632

Item type paper fragment

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/633

Item type paper fragment

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Manuscript (inc. blockprint) 332 Photograph 9 Painting 1 Textile 1

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paper fragment 322 printing-out paper 9 Fragment 7 textile 2 scroll 1 wood tablet 1 woodslip 1

Material

manuscript, ink on paper 328 ink on wood 2 woodblock print, ink on paper 2 colours on silk 1 ink on silk 1

Subjects

Buddhism 4 Social and Economic 2 Avalokitesvara 1 Manicheanism 1 Sponsored 1 dated documents 1 seal 1

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British Library 343

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301 - 400 CE 5 401 - 500 CE 5 501 - 600 CE 5 601 - 700 CE 5 701 - 800 CE 7 801 - 900 CE 8 901 - 1000 CE 8 1001 - 1100 CE 1 1901 - 2000 CE 6 Undated 329

Language and script

Chinese (lang.) 313 Chinese (script) 313 Uyghur (script) 56 Old Turkic (lang.) 26 not applicable 11 Sogdian (lang.) 8 Sogdian (script) 5 unidentified (lang.) 3 Brahmi (script) 1 Sanskrit (lang.) 1 Tibetan (lang.) 1 Tibetan (script) 1

Provenance

Stein 1913-16 338 Stein 1906-8 3 Stein 1900-01 2

References

British Library Stein Photos Part III: 392/28 (Falconer) 9 List of Manuscripts in Languages of Central Asia and Sanskrit (Barnett) 3 Buddhism: Art and Faith (Zwalf) 1 Old Tibetan Manuscripts in the British Library (Takeuchi) 1

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