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The IDP was established &#8230;                                            <\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                                <div class=\"postitem__tags\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"posttagitem\">\n                                                    British Library                                                <\/div>\n                                                                                            <div class=\"posttagitem\">\n                                                    IDP 30th anniversary                                                <\/div>\n                                                                                            <div class=\"posttagitem\">\n                                                    Projects                                                <\/div>\n                         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class=\"postitem__date\">\n                                            11th July 2023                                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"postitem__title\">\n                                            <h3>\n                                                Shaping the Stein collection\u2019s Dunhuang corpus (2): the items from Cave 17\u2019s \u2018miscellaneous\u2019 bundles                                            <\/h3>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"postitem__desc\">\n                                            <p>\n                                                In a previous blog post, we looked at the instrumental role played by Wang Yuanlu during the selection of the items from the Cave 17. &#8230;                                            <\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                 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       The Lotus Sutra Project                                            <\/h3>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"postitem__desc\">\n                                            <p>\n                                                Conserving and Digitising 800 Manuscripts in the British Library                                            <\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                                <div class=\"postitem__tags\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"posttagitem\">\n                                                    Conferences                                                <\/div>\n                                                                                            <div class=\"posttagitem\">\n                                                    Conservation                                                <\/div>\n                                                                                            <div class=\"posttagitem\">\n                                                    Digitisation                                                <\/div>\n                                                                                            <div class=\"posttagitem\">\n                                                    Lotus Sutra                                                <\/div>\n                                                                                            <div class=\"posttagitem\">\n                                                    Lotus Sutra Manuscripts Digitisation Project                                                <\/div>\n                                              \n\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                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