ID: 700009006 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009006	Record Type: Movable Work
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Buddhanamasutra (handscroll; unknown Chinese; ca. 9th/10th century; British Library (London, Greater London, England, United Kin...; Or.8210/S.253)

Note: The seated buddhas appearing above each of the roughly 150 hand-copied names were rendered with a woodblock print over which pigment and ink were applied by brush, though here likely by a professional painter. Buddha name sutras survive from Dunhuang in numerous versions.

Titles:

Buddhanamasutra (preferred,C,U,English-P,L,N)

Buddha Names Sutra (C,U,English,U,U)

佛名經圖卷 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

handscroll [300178463] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>, scroll paintings)

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 9th/10th century

Creator Display:

unknown Chinese [preferred]

unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]

Locations:

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

Repository Numbers: Or.8210/S.253

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

Display Materials: manuscript, ink and colors on paper; stamping and painting

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

	color (pigment) [300264870]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>)

	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>)

	stamping (marking) [300239001]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <surface marking processes and techniques>)

	painting (image-making) [300054216]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>)

Dimensions: 27.5 × 225 cm (10 13⁄16 × 88 9⁄16 in.)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

text

Specific Subjects:

	Buddha Names Sutra [901001379]
	.....((Named sutras, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Seated Buddha [901001328]
	.....((Buddhist allegory, symbolism, theme, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	names [300404650]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts, <names and related concepts>) (AAT)

	repeated motif [300404803]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, formal concepts (artistic concept), <visual and representational concepts>) (AAT)

Copyright: ©The British Library Board

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:
Buddhanamasutra	........ [VP]
	........ British Library [online] (2000-)
Buddha Names Sutra	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 28
佛名經圖卷	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

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

....................... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 28

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) cat 28