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A scroll with illustrated cover containing six Buddhist texts. Found in Library Cave, Dunhuang, dated 943 CE. British Library IOL Khot S 46

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anonymous: A scroll with illustrated cover containing six Buddhist texts  wikidata:Q122766778 reasonator:Q122766778
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A scroll with illustrated cover containing six Buddhist texts Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"A scroll with illustrated cover containing six Buddhist texts Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"A scroll with illustrated cover containing six Buddhist texts Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type illuminated manuscript / scroll Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: A scroll with illustrated cover containing six Buddhist texts.

The scroll was written over a period of six months in the year of the Hare, which is thought to correspond to 943 CE. The patron, named Śāṃ Khīṅä Hvāṃ’ Saṃgakä, must have been quite important or wealthy, judging by the impressive size of the item and by its beautiful painted silk cover that represents two confronted geese standing on lotus flowers. The scroll was found in the so-called Library Cave, near Dunhuang, and also shows the presence of a well-established Khotanese community in the region during the 10th century.

British Library IOL Khot S 46
Language Khotanese / Sanskrit Edit this at Wikidata
Date 943 Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions length: 21 m (22.9 yd) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2043,+21U11573
institution QS:P195,Q23308
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IOL Khot S 46 (British Library) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Central Asia Edit this at Wikidata
Place of discovery Mogao Caves Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
References https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/a-buddhist-scroll-with-illustrated-cover (English) Edit this at Wikidata
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