ID: 700008977 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008977	Record Type: Movable Work
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Hymne nestorien d'éloge de la Sainte Trinité (manuscript (documents); unknown scribe; translation by Jingjing; ca. 8th/9th century; Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris, Île-de-France, France); Pelliot chinois 3847;)

Note: From Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. The Nestorian manuscript entitled Ta Chin king chiao San wei mong tou tsan contains a praise of the Holy Trinity followed by invocations to the Trinity, the evangelists, the apostles and prophets. Among other works, the manuscript contains the Chinese translation of the Gloria in Excelcis Deo that was in use in the Syriac Church. Tang Christianity is often referred to as Nestorianism because the form of Christianity that spread across Central Asia, represented by the Syrian Church of the East, was associated with the teachings of Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople.

Titles:

Hymne nestorien d'éloge de la Sainte Trinité (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Chinese Christian Manuscript (C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

大秦景教三威蒙度讚、尊經寫本 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Ta Chin king chiao San wei mong tou tsan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated),U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

manuscript (documents) [300028569] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>)

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 8th/9th century

Creator Display:

unknown scribe; translation by Jingjing [preferred]

scribe unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

translator Adam, chorévêque (European cleric in China, 8th century) [500372668]

Locations:

Current: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, Île-de-France, France) [500309981] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Pelliot chinois 3847

Other: Discovery: Qianfodong [7029798] Gansu province (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Ink on paper, written with a hard pen instead of a brush

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	pens (drawing and writing implements) [300022452]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

Dimensions: sheet: 26 x 104,8 cm

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

General Subject:

text (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Christian [300073711]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religions (belief systems| cultures), Abrahamic religions) (AAT)

	Holy Trinity [901001209]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Gloria in Excelcis Deo [901001354]
	.....((Literary works: Musical, Choreographic works, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Chinese (language) [300388113]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

Related Works:

	former location was .... Mogao Cave 17 [700008877]
	..........rock-cut temple; N/A; begun 9th century

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Works at Mogao

Additional Notes:

French ..... Ce manuscrit nestorien en chinois, découvert au début du XXe siècle dans une grotte du site bouddhique de Dunhuang, en Asie centrale chinoise, est l'un des plus anciens documents chrétiens sur papier. Datant du VIIIe ou du IXe siècle, il témoigne de l'implantation de communautés chrétiennes à cette époque. Il s'ouvre par un "Éloge des Trois Majestés [la Trinité] de la religion radieuse [la doctrine nestorienne] du Da Qin [la partie orientale de l'Empire romain]", suivi d'un texte honorant les saints et nommant 35 ouvrages nestoriens. Le manuscrit transcrit la traduction chinoise du Gloria in excelcis Deo en usage dans l'Église syriaque, réalisée par le chorévêque Adam, Jingjing de son nom chinois, qui fit également ériger la stèle inscrite de 781. La traduction emprunte certains termes au vocabulaire bouddhique.

Sources and Contributors:
Hymne nestorien d'éloge de la Sainte Trinité	........ [VP]
	........ Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) [online] (2000-)
Chinese Christian Manuscript	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
大秦景教三威蒙度讚、尊經寫本	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
Ta Chin king chiao San wei mong tou tsan	........ [VP]
	........ Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) cat 4

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	..... Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) [online] (2000-)
French	..... [VP]
	..... Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) [online] (2000-)