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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. Birth of Mani - Wikipedia

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    Below the sphere can be seen a red lacquer box (baby crib) under the canopy. The newly born Mani slept in it. Around it were live musicians and dancers, as well as dignitaries who came to celebrate. [2] On the left of the picture is a luxurious mansion, which depicts two scenes: Mani’s mother is full of beauty before and after Mani’s birth.

  4. Arzhang - Wikipedia

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    An Islamic account of Mani's life described the prophet as a painter who founded a sectarian movement against the Zoroastrian state religion of Sassanid Persia under Shapur I. Prompted by threats, Mani fled to Turkestan, where he gained followers and painted a few temples (incidentally, a few paintings in Bamyan are attributed to Mani). Mani ...

  5. Manichaean wall painting MIK III 6918 - Wikipedia

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    Mural left detail. This mural depicts the worship rituals of the ancient Gaochang Uyghur Manichae community. The leftmost portrait is the largest in the entire painting. It should be the bishop of the local church, that is, the "Oriental Bishop" (Mozhak [Bishop] of the East), the image has been wrongly judged as the portrait of the founder of Manichaeism Mani in the past.

  6. Icon of Mani - Wikipedia

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    Icon of Mani (Japanese: マニ像; [1] Icon of Mani) is a silk painting hanging scroll from the Yuan or Ming period, from the coastal area of southern China, depicting Mani. The portrait of the founder Mani has been completely Sinicized .

  7. Mani (prophet) - Wikipedia

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    Mani's followers depicted Mani's death as a crucifixion in a conscious analogy to the crucifixion of Jesus; al-Biruni says that Bahram ordered the execution of Mani. There is a story which claims that he was flayed, and his corpse suspended over the main gate of the great city of Gundeshapur; [ 32 ] however, there is no historical basis for ...

  8. Mani's Parents - Wikipedia

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    Mani's Parents is a color painting on silk drawn in the coastal areas of southern China during the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. It is in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, US, and was donated by Ivory Brendage.

  9. Sealstone of Mani - Wikipedia

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    The crystal seal of Mani (French: Sceau de Mani), also known as the crystal sealstone of Mani or the Manichean Rock-Crystal Seal, is a crystal stone seal with intaglio busts of three Manichean elect. There is a circle of Syriac writing around the intaglio, which could have been a personal seal used by Mani , the founder of Manichaeism . [ 1 ]