ID: 700009469 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009469	Record Type: Movable Work
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Reciting the Names of Manjushri (book; unknown, Tibetan; 19th century; Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia count...; 1923-21-464)

Note: Printed in Beijing, China, Asia. Printing Buddhist books is an expensive but popular method of earning religious merit-the spiritual currency believed to increase one's chances for a better rebirth in the next lifetime. A wealthy, multi-lingual patron commissioned this large looseleaf book, annotated in Tibetan, Chinese, Manchurian, and Mongolian scripts. The red ink, possibly made from cinnabar, costs more than black. Golden yellow silk brocade, a color reserved in China for members of the imperial family, covers the bookends. Printing or donating lavish Buddhist texts like this one is one method for paying for monastic rituals.

Titles:

Reciting the Names of Manjushri (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Manjushrinamasamgiti (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

A Volume of the Manjushri Namasamgiti (Hymn to Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom) (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

book [300028051] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>)

Tantra (religious text) [300417291]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, religious texts)

Classifications:

Asian art (preferred)

Creation Date: 19th century

Creator Display:

unknown, Tibetan [preferred]

unknown Tibetan (Tibetan cultural designation) [500204388]

Locations:

Other: Publication: Beijing [7001758] Beijing Shi (municipality), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) [500214534] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1923-21-464

Credit Line: Gift of Charles H. Ludington from the George Crofts Collection, 1923

Display Materials: colors on paper with silk

	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>)

	silk (textile) [300243428]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: Text: 3 1/8 × 27 7/8 × 7 3/4 inches (7.9 × 70.8 × 19.7 cm); Cover (Top): 5/8 × 27 7/8 × 7 3/4 inches (1.6 × 70.8 × 19.7 cm); Cover (Bottom): 5/8 × 27 7/8 × 7 3/4 inches (1.6 × 70.8 × 19.7 cm)

Cultures:

(preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Manjushri Namasamgiti [901002093]
	.....((Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Reciting the Names of Manjushri	........ [VP]
	........ Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-)
Manjushrinamasamgiti	........ [VP]
	........ Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-)
A Volume of the Manjushri Namasamgiti (Hymn to Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom)	........ [VP]
	........ Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-)