Covers of a ""Manjusrinamasamgiti"" Manuscript

12th century

29.2 cm 5.4 cm

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The text is "Chanting the Names of Manjushri," the bodhisattva of wisdom. In the central position on the upper cover is the eight-armed Namasamgiti, an embodiment or personification of the text. He is flanked by the Buddha Shakyamuni, shown preaching, and an eight-armed Avalok...

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Ian Alsop, New York and Santa Fe [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, June 1987, by purchase.
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