Text, folio 49 (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

Dominant colour

Text, folio 49 (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 strip with three rectangular panels. Each panel is covered in tiny, uniform black characters arranged in neat rows. The wood has a warm, light brown color and shows some wear along the edges. The characters look like an ancient script, possibly used for religious or scholarly texts. The precision in the spacing and size of each mark suggests it was carefully copied by hand. Look up The Cleveland Museum of Art next to see more works like this.