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Xi'an Stele side rubbing with Syriac and Chinese names of clergy

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Xi'an Stele side rubbing with Syriac and Chinese names of clergy

Place: Xi'an · today China
Date: 781

Church Clergy Document

Rubbing of a narrow side of the Xi'an Stele (781), with columns of Syriac (Estrangela) script beside Chinese characters, likely the names of the Church of the East clergy recorded on the monument.

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Source

Library of Congress, World Digital Library (original at the National Library of China)

Jingjing (author); Lü Xiuyan (calligrapher) · The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection. Absent any such restrictions, these materials are free to use and reuse.

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