The Museum fur Asiatische Kunst's own published page on its Turfan Collection, the custodian institution's account of the four German Turfan expeditions of 1902 to 1914 that brought back the manuscripts, paintings and fragments, including Manichaean illuminated leaves, now held and catalogued in Berlin.
Facts
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyStaatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum fur Asiatische Kunst
Custodian BasisThe museum holds the Turfan Collection itself, the product of the four expeditions it organized and funded, and this is its own published account of what the collection contains and how it is catalogued.
Citation
PublisherStaatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum fur Asiatische Kunst
URLhttps://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/museum-fuer-asiatische-kunst/collection-research/research/the-turfan-collection/
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier one: the custodian museum's own published record of the collection it physically holds and catalogues, the same authority basis as other museum-published pages already cited on this atlas. Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
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