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The seal of Mani, the oldest known Manichaean art. Manichaeism has a rich tradition of visual art, starting with Mani himself writing the Book of Pictures. [1]One of Mani's primary beliefs was that the arts (namely painting, calligraphy, and music) were of the same esteem as the divine spirit (Middle Persian: Mihryazd), believing that the creation of art was comparable to god's creation of ...
According to the art historian Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, the white robed priest—the silhouette of whose face against the green halo—is a depiction of the prophet Mani. [ 5 ] In 2009, Professor Yoshida raised an idea that this painting might constitute a Chinese version of Mani's Book of Pictures , and subsequently by Gábor Kósa .
Chinese Manichaean art (9 P) E. Manichaean art of East Central Asia (10 P) Pages in category "Manichaean art" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Fragment of Manichaean Wall Painting "MIK Ⅲ 6918" is a fragment of a Manichaean mural collected in Germany Berlin Asian Art Museum, painted around the 10th century AD, and was found by the German Turpan expedition team in the ruins of Gaochang, in Xinjiang. The fragment is 88 centimeters long and 168.5 centimeters wide.
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Manichaeism (/ ˌ m æ n ɪ ˈ k iː ɪ z əm /; [4] in Persian: آئین مانی Āʾīn-ī Mānī; Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móníjiào) is a former major world religion, [5] founded in the 3rd century CE by the Parthian [6] prophet Mani (216–274 CE), in the Sasanian Empire.
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The title of this book is written in dark green text in the middle of the flower ornament-"The Four Princely Gods of Honor" (The Four Princely Gods); the left side of the flower ornament is in full bloom A five-petal flower, above the flowers can be seen a man in a white robe sitting cross-legged on a red carpet, his face and head are no longer ...