Fondo SC57 - Copy of the Inscription from the Nestorian Stele, China

Área de identidad

Código de referencia

GB 891 SC57

Título

Copy of the Inscription from the Nestorian Stele, China

Fecha(s)

  • 2018 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Fondo

Volumen y soporte

Four rubbings on papers + typed explanation

Área de contexto

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Institución archivística

Historia archivística

The rubbings, copies of the original ones, were bought at the Museum's Visitors shop in 2006. One bears the authentication stamp in ink.

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

The rubbings were donated to the Society by Jacob Ghazarian on 20 November 2018.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

Four rubbings of the inscription on the Nestorian (Xi'an) Stele, China. This Tang Chinese stele, erected in 781, which documents 150 years of early Christianity in China. It is a limestone block 279 centimetres (9 ft 2 in) high with text in both Chineseread more

Área de condiciones de acceso y uso

Condiciones de acceso

Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment isread more

Condiciones

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Idioma del material

  • chino
  • inglés
  • siriaco

Área de materiales relacionados

Unidades de descripción relacionadas

Within our Glass Slide Collections there is an image of this stele (Glass Slide.14/(050))

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This catalogue was created by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2024.