COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL20030550
image_number
JRL20030550
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Chinese Crawford 459
reference_number
Chinese Crawford 459
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Huayan jing
title_larger_entity
Huayan jing
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
華嚴經
title_l_e_variant
華嚴經
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Avatamsaka Sutra
title_l_e_variant
Avatamsaka Sutra
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Translated Parent Work Title:
Flower Adornment Sutra
title_l_e_translation
Flower Adornment Sutra
Translated Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
1572-1620
date_created
1572-1620
Date Created
false
Page/Sheet:
Frame 7
page
Frame 7
Page/Sheet
false
Image Sequence Number:
007
image_sequence_number
007
Image Sequence Number
false
Description:
This book—in form of a scroll—is not just a text but a prestige object: one scroll in a case, with one wooden roller. Woodblock-printed; ink on paper on linen, the paper being glued upon the linen. The text on the scroll is an excerpt of Huayan jing 華嚴經, or Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Adornment Sutra), a foundational text of the Huayan school of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. The sutra describes an infinite cosmos, the interdependency of all phenomena, and how to achieve Buddhahood. A thumb index runs through the scroll, with smallish characters repeating ‘華嚴經卷五’ [Flower Adornment Sutra, Chapter Five]. Written in literary Chinese, the text is one of countless Buddhist translations from Sanskrit and other languages. The Indian monk Buddhabhadra produced the first translation in 418-420 CE, about 300 years after the original was written. While this scroll’s colophon claims that it was printed during the Ming era, this does not naturally mean that this material artefact originates from the Ming. It could well be a Qing reprint of a scroll originally printed in the Ming.
description
This book—in form of a scroll—is not just a text but a prestige object: one scroll in a case, with one wooden roller. Woodblock-printed; ink on paper on linen, the paper being glued upon the linen. The text on the scroll is an excerpt of Huayan jing 華嚴經, or Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Adornment Sutra), a foundational text of the Huayan school of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. The sutra describes an infinite cosmos, the interdependency of all phenomena, and how to achieve Buddhahood. A thumb index runs through the scroll, with smallish characters repeating ‘華嚴經卷五’ [Flower Adornment Sutra, Chapter Five]. Written in literary Chinese, the text is one of countless Buddhist translations from Sanskrit and other languages. The Indian monk Buddhabhadra produced the first translation in 418-420 CE, about 300 years after the original was written. While this scroll’s colophon claims that it was printed during the Ming era, this does not naturally mean that this material artefact originates from the Ming. It could well be a Qing reprint of a scroll originally printed in the Ming.
Description
false
Language Code:
chi
language
chi
Language Code
false
Language:
Chinese
language_name
Chinese
Language
false
Subject:
Buddhism
subject
Buddhism
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Scrolls
class
Scrolls
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
technique
Woodcut (process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Support:
Linen
support
Linen
Support
false
Creation Site:
China
location_creation_site
China
Creation Site
false
Style Period:
Ming dynasty, Wanli era
style_period
Ming dynasty, Wanli era
Style Period
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
former_repository
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
former_repository
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
References:
Description based on Li Guoying 李国英, Zhou Xiaowen 周晓⽂ and Zhang Xianrong 张宪荣 (eds), Yingguo Manchesite Daxue Yuahan Lailanzi tushuguan Zhongwen guji mu, 英國曼徹斯特⼤學約翰·賴闌茲圖書館中⽂古籍⽬錄 = Bibliography of Ancient Chinese Books Held by the John Rylands Library of the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2 vols. (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 2018), revised and expanded by Johannes S. Lotze
references
Description based on Li Guoying 李国英, Zhou Xiaowen 周晓⽂ and Zhang Xianrong 张宪荣 (eds), Yingguo Manchesite Daxue Yuahan Lailanzi tushuguan Zhongwen guji mu, 英國曼徹斯特⼤學約翰·賴闌茲圖書館中⽂古籍⽬錄 = Bibliography of Ancient Chinese Books Held by the John Rylands Library of the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2 vols. (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 2018), revised and expanded by Johannes S. Lotze
References
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2020-03-11
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2021-09
Educational Notes:
Qing: China's multilingual empire exhibition exhibition
educational_notes
Qing: China's multilingual empire exhibition exhibition
Educational Notes
false
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
academic_project_lead
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead
false
Collection Code:
Rylands
collection_code
Rylands
Collection Code
false