http://idp.bl.uk (International Dunhuang Project, The British Library, London, UK) Description: AS WWW VL Monitor supplied note: "The database [launched 14 Oct 98 - ed.] is recreating in virtual form the contents of a Buddhist library cave discovered in 1900 near the Silk Road oasis town of Dunhuang on the edge of the Gobi Desert. [...] The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) was established in early 1994 to foster collaboration between holders, conservators and researchers of material from Dunhuang. With the launch of this web database, the Project's work becomes accessible world-wide for the first time. The database is both catalogue and image bank, with details of over 20,000 manuscripts in Chinese, Tibetan and other Central Asian languages, and over 1,000 high-quality colour images. It also contains indexes, bibliographies and site details for many of the manuscripts. [...T]he database is interactive, allowing scholars to send their own comments and details of their own research in the field." Site content: (1) The IDP Interactive Web Database; (2) 'Sponsor a Sutra'; (3) Description of the Database; (4) The International Dunhuang Project; (5) IDP Publications; (6) Dunhuang and the Cave of Manuscripts; (7) Access to Manuscripts; (8) Highlights of the Dunhuang Collection; (9) Bookbinding Site; (10) Links to Other Web Sites; (11) IDP Newsletter
Subject: Dunhuang Region: Central Asia XV, China CN Language: Chinese
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Ressource type: Searchable database Imported from IGCS