Text, Folio 118 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Byzantine icon painting Classical Antiquity Religious

Dominant colour

Text, Folio 118 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra) is a 14 unspecified by Unknown, a Byzantine icon painting work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 14 · Byzantine icon painting
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

This is a long, narrow wooden panel covered in tiny, evenly spaced characters. The characters look like ink marks pressed into the wood, arranged in neat rows. The wood itself has a warm, light brown color, and there are two small round holes near the top. These marks are actually an ancient Buddhist text, written in a script used in Nepal. The text is packed tightly, filling almost every inch of the panel. If you want to see more like this, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art.