Diamond Sutra of 868 AD - The Diamond Sutra (868), frontispiece and text - BL Or. 8210-P.2.jpg
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Diamond Sutra of 868 AD The Diamond Sutra (868), frontispiece and text BL Or. 8210 P.2, Diamond Sutra (Wikimedia Commons), Diamond Sutra of 868 AD The image depicts the frontispiece to the world's earliest dated printed book, the Chinese translation of the Buddhist text the 'Diamond Sutra'. This consists of a scroll, over 16 feet long, made up of a long series of printed pages. Printed in China in 868 AD, it was found in the Dunhuang Caves in 1907, in the North Western province of Gansu., The world's earliest printed book is a Chinese translation of the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Vajra Cutter Sutra) from Dunhuang (circa 868 CE).
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Diamond Sutra of 868 AD The Diamond Sutra (868), frontispiece and text BL Or. 8210 P.2, Chinese writing, Swastikas in ancient art, 868, Dogs of China, Buddhist monks, Images released by British Library Images Online, March 2014, Dunhuang Diamond Sutra, Images with annotations, GWToolset Batch Upload, Images with extracted images, Uploaded by the British Library, Images from the British Library
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金剛経868年 大蔵経 巻頭絵、大蔵経 巻頭絵、大蔵経 巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵、巻頭絵長さ16フィート以上の長いページからなる。中国で868年に印刷されたこの本は、1907年に敦窟で発見されました。世界最古の印刷本は、敦の金剛頂伽般若経の漢訳です。
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