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Description: | CULT unknown People's Republic of China This famous black marble monument was discovered in the city of Hsi-an-fu or Hsingan-fu, in the province of Shensi, northern China. Dr. Frits Holm, a world traveller, wrote that he made a facsimile of it and took it to New York, where casts were made and presented to museums in different parts of the world, the original copy being then donated by Dr. Holm to the Lateran Museum in Rome. The Hunter Coin Cabinet holds the commemorative medal issued in 1921 honouring Dr Holm (see GLAHM 16483). There are different theories about the date of the monument, the most acceptable being A.D. 1625. (Information from The Nestorian Monument in Xian/China by Fred Aprim) | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | : ASIA : FAR EAST : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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