Text, Folio 82 (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 82 (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

You see a small, colorful page from an old book, filled with neat rows of black text and a bright red border. Tiny figures sit in rows, dressed in robes, with golden halos behind their heads. This page comes from a Buddhist text written in 1119—over 900 years ago. It was made by hand in Nepal, where scribes carefully copied sacred words. The red border and gold details show how important the book was. To see more like this, look up painting: nepal, kathmandu, indian art.