PRINTED MINIATURE SCROLL: THE DIAMOND SUTRA (VAJRACCHEDIKA PRAJNAPARAMITA SUTRA) WITH ILLUSTRATIONS Korea, Goryeo, dated 1311 7 x 488 cm Ink on thin paper. At the beginning of the scroll illustrations of Buddha preaching and a Guardian King, as well as a row of twelve Sages and Bodhisattvas are given. Then the text of the Sutra follows in small printed characters. At the end of it a colophon informs us that the scroll has been printed after a handwritten miniature scroll of a monk. This colophon is dated “Fifth month of the fourth year of the Zhida period”. This is the fourth year of the emperor Wuzong (1307-1311) of the Yuan dynasty and the 3rd year of the reign of King Chungseon (1311) of Goryeo. After that a text follows in Mongolian (?) characters with captions in Chinese. At the end of the scroll a series of ten magic seals is depicted for different use, like for good fortune or the repulsion of all kinds of ghosts. Formerly from a South Korean professor's private collection, assembled from 1980s to 2007, by descent to a family member - German private collection Geumgang banya baramilgyeong, or Baramilgyeong in short, is the basic sutra of the Jogye Order in Korea and it is the most widely read after Banyasimgyeong (the Korean version of the Prajina-paramita Sutra). This portable sutra was used for self-protection and recitation Brittle, tears, partially repaired, a later silk box for storage