TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gul�acsi,Zsuzsanna
TI  - Mani's pictures: the didactic images of the Manichaeans from Sasanian Mesopotamia to Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China 
T2  - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies,
SN  - 9004308946
AV  - N8199.M364 G85 2015
U1  - 299/.932 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Mani,
KW  - Art, Manichaean
KW  - China
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Paganism & Neo-Paganism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-528) and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Primary and Secondary Records in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and Arabic Texts (3rd-10th Centuries) -- 2 Primary Records in Parthian and Middle Persian Texts (3rd-9th Centuries) -- 3 Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Records in Uygur and Chinese Texts (8th-13th Centuries) -- 4 Tertiary Records in Post-Manichaean Arabic, Persian, and Chagatai Texts (11th-17th Centuries) -- 5 Format and Preservation -- 6 Subject Repertoire and Iconography -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - The founder of Manichaeism, Mani (216-274/277 CE), not only wrote down his teachings to prevent their adulteration, but also created a set of paintings--the Book of Pictures --to be used in the context of oral instruction. That pictorial handscroll and its later editions became canonical art for Mani's followers for a millennium afterwards. This richly illustrated study systematically explores the artistic culture of religious instruction of the Manichaeans based on textual and artistic evidence. It discusses the doctrinal themes (soteriology, prophetology, theology, and cosmology) depicted in Mani's canonical pictures. Moreover, it identifies 10th-century fragments of canonical picture books, as well as select didactic images adapted to other, non-canonical art objects (murals, hanging scrolls, mortuary banners, and illuminated liturgical manuscripts) in Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China
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