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&...
المؤلف الرئيسي:
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Boston :
Brill.
c2015.
سلاسل:
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
90.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812.
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: N8199.M364 G85 2015
- 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.
