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

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Cote

GB 891 SC57

Titre

Copy of the Inscription from the Nestorian Stele, China

Date(s)

  • 2018 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

Four rubbings on papers + typed explanation

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Nom du producteur

Histoire archivistique

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

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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

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Conditions d'accès

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

Conditions de reproduction

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.

Langue des documents

  • chinois
  • anglais
  • syriaque

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Unités de description associées

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

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Sujets

Mots-clés - Lieux

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Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

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