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Mingtang and Buddhist utopias in the history of the astronomical clock : the tower, statue and armillary sphere constructed by Empress Wu / Antonino Forte.
LIBRA QB107 .F67 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forte, Antonino.
- Series:
- Serie orientale Roma ; v. 59.
- Publications de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient ; v. 145.
- Serie orientale Roma
- Publications de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wu hou, Empress of China, 624-705.
- Wu hou.
- Ming tang (Luoyang, China).
- Astronomical clocks--China--History.
- Astronomical clocks.
- Towers--China.
- Towers.
- Buddhism.
- Statues.
- History.
- China.
- Statues--China.
- Spherical astronomy.
- Buddhism--China--581-960.
- Buddhism and philosophy.
- Utopias.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 333 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations (1 color), facsimiles, maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Roma : Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente ; Paris : Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 1988.
- Notes:
- English and Chinese.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-297) and index.
- OCLC:
- 21202780
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