Juan [fascicle] no. 6 (of 7) of the Chinese translation of Itivrttaka sutra [Benshi jing;...
Trans. by Xuanzang in 650 CE. 70 pages, six columns per page, 30 columns per sheet, 17 characters per column. 14 sheets (average sheet length: 570 mm.), five pages per sheet. Accordion format (305 x 7980 mm., print surface from top border to bottom border: 245–250 mm.). Single woodcut borders at top & bottom of text. Orig. sutra binding of semi-stiff paper wrappers. Woodblocks carved by Ge Fang & Ma Qing (& others) in Sixi (present day Huzhou), printed between 1110s/40s–1276.
This fascicle, in its original sutra binding, was printed in the 12th or 13th century in northern Zhejiang, China... More