ID: 700008979 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008979	Record Type: Movable Work
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Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (manuscript (documents); unknown scribe; ca. 9th/10th century; British Library (London, Greater London, England, United Kin...; Or.8210/S.5603)

Note: From Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. This manuscript demonstrates the interconnectedness of Chinese and Tibetan manuscript culture at Dunhuang during the ninth and tenth centuries, here in terms of format as well as language. The concertina, or accordion-folded book, seems to have developed as a synthesis of two older book formats, the scroll and the pothi, the latter of which originates in the palm-leaf manuscripts of ancient India. Dividing the text into pages, the concertina format facilitates nonsequential reading while maintaining the physical unity of the scroll. The holes piercing each page held the traditional string binding of the pothi (though they don,t seem to have been used) and, like it, the manuscript may originally have been protected by a wooden board at either end.

Titles:

Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,L,U)

Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra in Tibetan with Commentary in Chinese (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

藏文楞伽經附中文經疏 (C,U,Chinese,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>)

Term Not Found (AAT Candidate)

.....

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 9th/10th century

Creator Display:

unknown scribe [preferred]

scribe unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: British Library (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500301700] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Or.8210/S.5603

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

Display Materials: Ink on paper

	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>)

Dimensions: 8.7 × 28.3 cm (3 7⁄16 × 11 1⁄8 in.)

Cultures:

Tibetan (preferred)

General Subject:

text (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra [901001357]
	.....((Named sutras, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Tibetan (language) [300389410]
	.....(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)

	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

Sources and Contributors:
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra in Tibetan with Commentary in Chinese	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
藏文楞伽經附中文經疏	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

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

....................... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) cat. 6

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)