kids encyclopedia robot

Image: Nova N 176 folio 9

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Original image(1,543 × 1,964 pixels, file size: 2.58 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: Khitan large script manuscript, Nova N 176 leaf 9. This is a medieval (11th or 12th century) manuscript codex that was found in Kyrgyzstan in the early 1950s, and has been held at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (IOM) of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, Russia since 1954. The text of the manuscript is in a cursive form of the Khitan large script, and has only been partially deciphered.
Title: Nova N 176 folio 9
Credit: V. P. Zaytsev, A Manuscript Codex Written in the Khitan Large Script from the Collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (2011) page 135 fig. 4
Author: Unknown
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

The following 2 pages link to this image:

kids search engine