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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
14 Oct 1998
International Dunhuang Project Interactive Database
IDP, The British Library, London, UK
Supplied note:
"The database [launched 14 Oct 98 - ed.] is recreating in virtual
form the contents of a Buddhist library cave discovered in 1900
near the Silk Road oasis town of Dunhuang on the edge of the Gobi
Desert. [...] The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) was
established in early 1994 to foster collaboration between
holders, conservators and researchers of material from Dunhuang.
With the launch of this web database, the Project's work becomes
accessible world-wide for the first time. The database is both
catalogue and image bank, with details of over 20,000 manuscripts
in Chinese, Tibetan and other Central Asian languages, and over
1,000 high-quality colour images. It also contains indexes,
bibliographies and site details for many of the manuscripts.
[...T]he database is interactive, allowing scholars to send
their own comments and details of their own research in the
field."
Site contents:
The IDP Interactive Web Database;
'Sponsor a Sutra';
Description of the Database;
The International Dunhuang Project;
IDP Publications;
Dunhuang and the Cave of Manuscripts;
Access to Manuscripts;
Highlights of the Dunhuang Collection;
Links to Other Web Sites;
Newsletter: IDP News;
Questionnaires.
URL http://idp.bl.uk
Link suggested by: Susan Whitfield (susan.whitfield@news1.bl.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
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