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  2. Manichaean art - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Manichaean Diagram of the Universe - Wikipedia

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    In her book Mani's Pictures: The Didactic Images of the Manichaeans from Sasanian Mesopotamia to Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China, the Hungarian-born American art historian Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, who is also a specialist in Manichaean art, explaining the possible relation between this painting and Mani's Book of Pictures. She argues that ...

  4. Manichaeism - Wikipedia

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    According to one tradition, Mani invented the unique version of the Syriac script known as the Manichaean alphabet [26] that was used in all of the Manichaean works written within the Sasanian Empire, whether they were in Syriac or Middle Persian, as well as most of the works written within the Uyghur Khaganate.

  5. Mani's Community Established - Wikipedia

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    Mani's Community Established (Japanese: 圣者伝図2) is a Manichaen silk color painting drawn in the coastal area of southern China during the yuan to ming period, [1] depicts the missionary history of Manichaeism and the establishment of its churches in three scenes.

  6. Episodes from Mani's Missionary Work - Wikipedia

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    Analysis by Zsuzsanna Gulácsi. Like the other two Manichaean works "Sermon on Mani's Teaching of Salvation" and "Mani's Community Established", this picture also depicts several scenes, but it is different from the former and the latter in terms of levels With the collage technique, the distinction and boundary between the various scenes in this painting is not obvious, and the picture is ...

  7. Turpan Manichaean texts - Wikipedia

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    They discovered important documents and works of art (including a magnificent wall-painting of a Manichaean bishop [mozhak], previously mistakenly identified as Mani [1]) and the remains of a Nestorian (Christian) church near ancient Khocho (Qara-khoja or Gaochang), a ruined ancient city, built of mud, 30 km (19 mi) east of Turfan. [2]

  8. Arzhang - Wikipedia

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    Following the discovery of Manichaean paintings in Turfan, art historian Thomas W. Arnold suggested that the Manichaean tradition of illustrative bookmaking was the source of Persian miniature painting style during the time of the Safavid Empire. Arnold stated: "The only other religious art that could have produced these pictures was the ...

  9. Birth of Mani - Wikipedia

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    The Birth of Mani is a Manichean silk cloth color painting painted in the Fujian Zhejiang area during the Yuan period, depicting the founder of the sect Mani The scene of birth, a scholar who specializes in Manichaeism Ma Xiaohe called it "a rare treasure". [1]