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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 Man...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gulácsi, Zsuzsanna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, ©2015.
Colección:Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 90.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo