Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 168, 5. Abhandlung. Wien: In Kommission bei A. Hölder, 1911, 26p.
Julius von Wiesner's pioneering study of the oldest specimens of rag paper of Central Asian origin was conducted soon after the discovery of large collections of manuscripts found in Dunhuang. This work, important for philology, codicology and paper history was fundamental to studies of paper as writing support of old manuscripts carried out at the beginning of the 20th century. The paper which von Wiesner examines is that of the Sogdian Ancient letters