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Turpan Manichaean Texts
The Manichaean Turpan documents found in Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves include many documents and works of Manichaean art found by the German Turfan expeditions. History Many important finds were made by the Turfan expeditions, especially on the second expedition, at a number of sites along the ancient northern route around the Taklamakan desert. They discovered important documents and works of art (including a magnificent wall-painting of a Manichaean bishop ozhak previously mistakenly identified as Mani) and the remains of a Nestorian (Christian) church near ancient Khocho (Qara-khoja or Gaochang), a ruined ancient city, built of mud, east of Turfan.Hopkirk (1980), pp. 118, 122–123. Manuscripts Manuscripts include Sogdian-language Manichaean letter. Art Visual art includes: * Leaf from a Manichaean book MIK III 4959 * Leaf from a Manichaean book MIK III 4974 * Leaf from a Manichaean book MIK III 4979 * Leaf from a Manichaean book MIK III 6368 *Manichaean temple banner MIK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves (, Uyghur: بزقلیق مىڭ ئۆيى ) is a complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating from the 5th to 14th century between the cities of Turpan and Shanshan ( Loulan) at the north-east of the Taklamakan Desert near the ancient ruins of Gaochang in the Mutou Valley, a gorge in the Flaming Mountains, in the Xinjiang region of western China. They are high on the cliffs of the west Mutou Valley under the Flaming Mountains, and most of the surviving caves date from the West Uyghur kingdom around the 10th to 13th centuries. Bezeklik murals There are 77 rock-cut caves at the site. Most have rectangular spaces with round arch ceilings often divided into four sections, each with a mural of the Buddha. The effect is of the entire ceiling covered with hundreds of Buddha murals. Some murals show a large Buddha surrounded by other figures, including Turks, Indians, and Europeans. The quality of the murals varies with some being artistically naive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf From A Manichaean Book MIK III 4959
Leaf from a Manichaean book ''MIK III'' 4959 is a fragment of Manichaean manuscripts collected in Germany Asian Art Museum (Berlin), Berlin Asian Art Museum, drawn during the 8th-9th centuries, Was discovered in Xinjiang by German Turpan expedition team in the early 20th century. The remaining page is 8.2 cm long and 11.0 cm wide, with Miniature (illuminated manuscript), slender painting illustrations on both sides. Description Front There are six rows of text written in red letters on the right side of the front of the leftover page. The illustration on the left depicts two demons kneeling on a red and yellow lotus platform. Although the figure on the left seems to be wearing a wrinkled cloth costume, it is actually a set of exquisite hard uniforms. He put his right hand on a tomahawk and raised his left hand to speak. The eyes are big and prominent, hook nose, curly beard, and the fangs in his mouth confirm his devil status. He has a red Halo (religious iconography), headlig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |