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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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Primary and Secondary Records in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and Arabic Texts (3rd–10th Centuries)
- 2 Primary Records in Parthian and Middle Persian Texts (3rd–9th Centuries)
- 3 Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Records in Uygur and Chinese Texts (8th–13th Centuries)
- 4 Tertiary Records in Post-Manichaean Arabic, Persian, and Chagatai Texts (11th–17th Centuries)
- 5 Format and Preservation
- 6 Subject Repertoire and Iconography
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.