Dunhuang Manuscript Culture
- Submitting institution
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University of Cambridge
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 10158
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1515/9783110726572
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- ISBN
- 9783110723496
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Despite the enormous impact of the Dunhuang manuscripts on the study of medieval China, this is the first English-language monograph taking them as the main subject matter. Analysing the manuscripts as both texts and physical objects, the book explores local society during the the 9th and 10th centuries, arguing that it was linguistically and culturally very distinct from earlier periods (and also from Central China). The study is cutting edge in terms of how it explores a multilingual and multicultural community, and in how it applies codicological and palaeographic examinations to the study of the manuscripts’ background and function.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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