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Tag Archives: Dunhuang
Aurel Stein’s visit to Japan
Galambos, Imre. “Sir Aurel Stein’s visit to Japan His diary and notebook.” In Helen Wang, ed., Sir Aurel Stein: Colleagues and collections. British Museum Research Publication 184 (2012): 1-9. This paper is based on Aurel Stein’s diary and notebook he kept while travelling in … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, History of scholarship, Japanese, published papers, Travel
Tagged Aurel Stein, diary, Dunhuang, Japan
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Reversed inscriptions: Chinese writing going from left to right
I have come across an inscription which is read in reversed order, that is, from left to right. This is a famous inscription called Mogaoku ji (Record of the Mogao Caves) on the wall of the antechamber of Cave 156 … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, Chinese writing, Dunhuang, epigraphy, Palaeography, published papers
Tagged Chinese writing, Dunhuang, inscription
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The Third Ōtani Expedition at Dunhuang
Putting some of my older publications online: The Third Ōtani Expedition at Dunhuang: Acquisition of the Japanese Collection of Dunhuang Manuscripts (Imre Galambos) Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology 3/2008: 29-35 Aurel Stein’s 1907 visit to the hidden cave … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, archaeology, Dunhuang, exploration, Japanese, Otani expeditions, published papers
Tagged Dunhuang, exploration, Otani expeditions, Silk Road
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Sir Aurel Stein, Lajos Ligeti and a case of mistaken identity
Putting online some of my older publications: Another Hungarian looting China’s treasures? Sir Aurel Stein, Lajos Ligeti and a case of mistaken identity (Imre Galambos) Tonkō shahon kenkyū nenpō 敦煌写本研究年報, no. 4 (March 2010): 195-207. The voluminous publication Zhonghua minguo … Continue reading
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Tagged Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, exploration, Lajos Ligeti, manuscripts
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Aurel Stein – Flowers to Lajos Lóczy
Last summer we were at Lake Balaton in western Hungary and decided to take a day trip to the Balatonarács cemetery to visit the grave of the famous Hungarian explorer and geologist Lajos Lóczy (1849-1920). In the West, he is … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, archaeology, Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, exploration, History of scholarship
Tagged Aurel Stein, Dunhuang, Lajos Loczy
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Looking at the original: Limits of the digital realm
I have worked on manuscript P.3720 from the Pelliot collection at the Bibliothèque nationale (BnF) as an example of a composite manuscript. This is a scroll originating from the Dunhuang cave library discovered at the beginning of the 20th century. … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Dunhuang, Palaeography, Uncategorized
Tagged Chinese manuscript, digital, Dunhuang, original, Pelliot
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A mysterious manuscript about the discovery of Dunhuang manuscripts
The mysterious manuscript referred to in the title is a little notebook written in a cursive caoshu hand and is currently located at the Gansu Provincial Library. The title Dunhuang xianhua 敦煌闲话 (Idle Chat about Dunhuang) is included in the notebook so … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, Aurel Stein, books, Dunhuang, exploration, History of scholarship, Japanese, Otani expeditions
Tagged Dunhuang, manuscripts, museum, Nakamura Fusetsu
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