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Or.8210/S.1412

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Scroll of commentaries on Vimalakirtinirdesasutra in Chinese.

Date

674

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Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 27 centimetres, width 880 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Description

Scope and content : Colophon saying that compiled in Luoyang dated to Shengyuan 1 (674). Catalogued by Giles 1955: 5508 and Zawalf 1985: 75.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

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DHMG.

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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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