Sutra of perfection of wisdom : kasuga-ban; 般若波羅蜜多

Alternate Title:

Mahaprajnaparamita sutra; Daihannya haramitta kyo

Contributor:

Xuanzang, approximately 596-664 (translator)

Timespan:

15th century; 1400-1499

Date:

1410

Description:

Text is volume 498 of the "Sutra of Perfection of Wisdom", or "Mahaprajnaparamita sutra". In Japanese: "Daihannya haramitta kyo", cf, bookseller's catalog.; Volume is five columns per leaf; 17 characters per column; no border surrounding text. Printed in Nara, Japan, 1410; on mulberry fibers (gampi), accordian fold format (orihon); printed in bold, thick strokes, using black sumi ink, typical of Kamakura and Muromachi kasuga-ban printings. Kasuga-ban is a genral term for publications of the Nara monasteries, cf, bookseller's catalog.

Language:

Chinese

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Relation:

The Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1339933; The Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366271

Subject:

Buddhist literature, Sanskrit -- Translations -- Early works to 1800; Printing -- Japan -- 15th century -- Early works to 1800; Buddhist literature, Sanskrit; Printing

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books; Accordion fold format (Binding); Gampi fibers (Paper); Mulberry fibers (Paper)

Physical Description:

93 leaves; 26 x 10 cm

Geographic Subject:

Japan

Related Place:

Japan -- Nara.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.; Item is in Chinese, translated from Sanskrit.; Caption title.; The translator of the text into Chinese is reputed to be Xuanzang, a Chinese Buddhist pilgrim, monk, and scholar--from bookseller's catalog.; Item is housed in a deep purple and gold silk stiff container with two ivory pieces attached to form a clasp. Housing is not contemporary with the sutra.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, BQ 1110 .S88 1410

Collection:

Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund; Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund