Mani's pictures : : the didactic images of the Manichaeans from Sasanian Mesopotamia to Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China / / by Zsuzsanna Gulácsi.
The founder of Manichaeism, Mani (216-274/277 CE), not only wrote down his teachings to prevent their adulteration, but also created a set of paintings—the Book of Pictures —to be used in the context of oral instruction. That pictorial handscroll and its later editions became canonical art for Mani&...
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Superior document: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, Volume 90 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;
Volume 90. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (555 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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