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

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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Call Number: N8199.M364 G85 2015

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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.