Collection items

A Chinese-Tibetan manuscript of the Lankavatara Su...

Manuscript, Concertina Created date: 800–850

This concertina manuscript contains a Chinese commentary on the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, with the text of the sūtra also writt...

Decorative copy of the Heart Sutra in Chinese

Scroll, Manuscript Created date: 9th–10th century

This Perfection of Wisdom sūtra, commonly called the Heart Sūtra, expounds the fundamental emptiness of all things. It i...

Moutier-Grandval Bible

Manuscript Created date: c. 830–840

A beautifully illustrated pandect, taking its name from the monastery of Moutier-Grandval in the diocese of Basel in Sw...

The Ashem Vohu, a Zoroastrian prayer

Manuscript Created date: 9th century

This manuscript comes not from India or Iran, the lands associated today with the Zoroastrian religion, but from Dunhuan...