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| c. 550 |
| | | Caves along the Silk Road are decorated with a profusion of carvings in the traditions of Mahayana Buddhism | |
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| c. 600 |
| | | Ritual intoning of the psalms, derived from Jewish synagogues, is formalized in Christian worship as Gregorian chant | |
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| c. 600 |
| | | The walls of caves at Ajanta are profusely decorated with Buddhist murals | |
|  | Ajanta Mural
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| c. 650 |
| | | At Dunhuang, an oasis on the Silk Road, as many as 500 caves are decorated with Buddhist murals | |
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| c. 650 |
| | | The Book of Durrow, one of the earliest of the great Celtic manuscripts, is written and illuminated in Ireland | |
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| c. 698 |
| | | The Lindisfarne Gospels are written and illuminated by Celtic monks on the Scottish island of Lindisfarne | |
|  | Lindisfarne Gospels
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| c. 700 |
| | | The discovery of the technique of porcelain, the most delicate of all forms of pottery, is made in China | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | T'ang potters make vigorous and brightly coloured figures, of horses, camels or human attendants, to accompany the dead in the grave | |
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| c. 800 |
| | | The script known as Carolingian minuscule (basis of the modern roman typeface) is developed by Alcuin and his scribes at the monastery of Tours | |
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| c. 816 |
| | | Work begins in Rheims on the Utrecht Psalter, an outstanding example of the Carolingian illuminated manuscript | |
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