| Title: | Nestorian painting of Jesus Christ |
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| Notes: | Tang dynasty Nestorian fragmentary silk painting of a haloed man with crosses on his head and chest who has been interpreted as a Christian figure (possibly Jesus Christ). From archaeologist Aurel Stein at the Library Cave (cave 17) of the Mogao Caves in 1908. |
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| Date: | 850-899 |
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| Building: | British Museum
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| Object/Function: | Painting |
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| City/Town: | London
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| Country: | United Kingdom
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| Person as Subject: | Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | BDiv
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| General Subject: | Culture: Asian
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| Copyright Source: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Restoration_of_T'ang_dynasty_Nestorian_image_of_Jesus_Christ.jpg |
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| Attribution: | Nestorian painting of Jesus Christ, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57871 [retrieved May 12, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Restoration_of_T'ang_dynasty_Nestorian_image_of_Jesus_Christ.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 57871
Last Updated: 2021-04-29 06:34:34
Record Created: 2020-09-04 19:48:26 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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