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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 ...
Leaf from a Manichaean book MIK III 4959 is a fragment of Manichaean manuscripts collected in Germany Berlin Asian Art Museum, drawn during the 8th-9th centuries, Was discovered in Xinjiang by German Turpan expedition team in the early 20th century.
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]
Eight silk hanging scrolls with Manichaean didactic images from southern China from between the 12th and the 15th centuries, which can be divided into four categories: Two single portraits (depicting Mani and Jesus) Icon of Mani; Manichaean Painting of the Buddha Jesus; One scroll depicting Salvation Theory (Soteriology)
The Manichaean stone sculptures of Shangwan Village refer to eight Ming-Qing slabs found in Shangwan Village, Xiapu County, Ningde City, Fujian Province in 2009. [1] Numbers A1, A2, B, C1, C2, D1, D2, E, which have been verified by scholars as the relics of Manichaeism (also known as Mingjiao in Chinese ).
Pages in category "Manichaean art of East Central Asia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Leaf from a Manichaean book MIK III 8259; M.
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 ...
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