COMPANION VOLUME TO SUTRA OF PERFECT ENLIGHTENMENT

MS 2457/2
MS Short Title COMPANION VOLUME TO SUTRA OF PERFECT ENLIGHTENMENT
Text 1.PUMEN PING; AVALOKITESVARA SUTRA 
2.DIAMOND SUTRA; JINGGANG BORE BOLUOMI JING; VAJRACCHEDIKA-PRANA-PARAMITA 
3.FOSHUO OMITTUO JING; AMITABHA SUTRA 
4.SUTRA OF THE NAMES OF THE THIRTY BUDDHAS; FOSHUO SANSHIWU FOMING JING
Description MS in Chinese on indigo stained paper, China, 15th and 16th c., 158 ff. (complete), 32x11 cm, 5 columns (21x10 cm), 15 characters in Chinese book script in gold ink.
Binding China, 19th c., bluish pattern brocade on boards, concertina-folded format (Jingzhe zhuang).
Context Companion volume to MS 2457/1.
Provenance 1. Philosophical Research Society library, Los Angeles (ca. 1945-1995); 3. Sam Fogg cat. 19(1998):12.
Place of origin China
Dates 15th and 16th c.