Mani's pictures: the didactic images of the Manichaeans from Sasanian Mesopotamia to Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China
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 Cent...
| Published in: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2015]
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies (90)
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| Series/Journal: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
90 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mani 216-277
/ Illustration
/ Manichaeism
/ History 200-1700
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| Further subjects: | B
Mani (active 3rd century) Aržang
B Art, Manichaean |
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Volltext (DOI) Volltext (Verlag) |
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| Summary: | 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. 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's followers for a millennium afterwards. This richly illustrated study systematically explores the artistic culture of religious instruction of the Manichaeans based on textual and artistic evidence. It discusses the doctrinal themes (soteriology, prophetology, theology, and cosmology) depicted in Mani’s canonical pictures. Moreover, it identifies 10th-century fragments of canonical picture books, as well as select didactic images adapted to other, non-canonical art objects (murals, hanging scrolls, mortuary banners, and illuminated liturgical manuscripts) in Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [505]-528 |
| ISBN: | 9004308946 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004308947 |