Mani's pictures : the didactic images of the Manichaeans from Sasanian Mesopotamia to Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China /

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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Main Author: Gulácsi, Zsuzsanna.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill. c2015.

Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 90.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812.

Subjects:

Mani, > active 3rd century. > Aržang.

Art, Manichaean.

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