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Funeral chant pictographs

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  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Rare Book & Manuscript Library, LJS 197. China, 1885. Prompts for chants performed from memory by a priest (tombra or dongba) at funeral ceremonies. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Find

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Rock art, geoglyphs, and ancient symbols.

  • Rock art, geoglyphs, and ancient symbols

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Pictographs”. Retained metadata contains “Pictographs” in the title, “Pictographs” in the subject metadata, and “Pictographs” in the edition title.

    • “Pictographs”· via Internet Archive
    • “Pictographs”· in title
    • “Pictographs”· in subject
    • “Pictographs”· in edition title
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Rites and ceremonies”. Retained metadata contains “Rites and ceremonies” in the subject metadata.

    • “Rites and ceremonies”· via Internet Archive
    • “Rites and ceremonies”· in subject

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1885-01-01T00:00:00Z———Public digitized item

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: University of Pennsylvania Libraries
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Scanner: Internet Archive Python library 1.9.5
  • Source-reported rights: Public Domain
Catalog id
internet-archive:ljs197
Edition coverage
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