National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

> > > >
Color New!IIIF Color HighRes Gray HighRes PDF   Japanese English
0017 Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2
Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2 / Page 17 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

New!Citation Information

doi: 10.20676/00000213
Citation Format: Chicago | APA | Harvard | IEEE

OCR Text

 

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Author's Portrait   Frontispiece

  1. Shagolin-Namjil Range, Nan-shan, seen from Camp ccxv.,

across basin of Su-lo Ho head-waters   •   4

  1. Ruins of ancient Chinese magazine T. xviii., Tun-huang

Limes, seen from south .   •   4

  1. Barren hill range east of Ch'ien-fo-tung Valley, seen from

south end of site   22

  1. Middle group of ' Thousand Buddhas ' grottoes, and begin-

ning of southern group .   •   24

  1. Rows of cave temples, showing decayed porches, near

middle of southern group, ' Thousand Buddhas ' Site   .   26

16o. Interior of cave temple Ch. viii., ' Thousand Buddhas'

Site, showing fresco decoration of walls and roof .   •   28

  1. Stucco image group, representing Buddha between disciples,

etc., in cave temple Ch. III., ' Thousand Buddhas' Site   3o

  1. Ruined watch-tower, T. xxv., north of Tun-Huang oasis,

seen from south-west   .   •   46

  1. Face of ancient border wall, near tower T. xxxv., Tunhuang Limes, showing construction with alternate layers

of stamped clay and fascines   •   46

  1. Remains of ancient watch-tower T. xxvii., Tun-Huang

Limes .   52

  1. Remains of ancient border wall, between low dunes, east

of tower T. xxxv., Tun-Huang Limes   .   •   52

  1. Ruined homestead, abandoned to desert about sixty years

ago, at Kuan-tsou, north of Nan-hu   ▪   76

  1. Village shrine at Nan-hu, with school-room on right   •   76

XI