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Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume II: Elaborations
 
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ISBN13:9781501771255
ISBN10:1501771256
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:288 pages
Size:305x229 mm
Weight:1361 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 347 Halftones, color
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Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume II

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Publisher: Cornell University Press
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Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume II explores the major categories of traditional Tibetan books, introducing their specific features and the main approaches to their study. In five major sections, it surveys manuscript collections including Buddhist scriptural canons, official and administrative documents, works on technical subjects?medicine, veterinary practice, liturgical chant, and the arts of divination?and Tibetan books from China and Mongolia. Two case studies exemplify the roles of paleographic and iconographic analysis in the examination of antique manuscripts.


Like Volume I, the second volume of Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books has been written by the foremost experts in the field, whose wide-ranging essays are illustrated with numerous full-color images of original works. Addressing students and scholars of Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan history and culture in their varied dimensions, this volume will also interest scholars and other readers oriented more broadly to the global history of the book. Volume I was published simultaneously with volume II and is also now available.

Table of Contents:

10. Tibetan Manuscript Kanjurs

11. Tantra Collections of the "Ancient School"

12. Diplomatic and Administrative Documents

13. A Public Ordinance Illustrating the Application of Tibet's Criminal Law

14. Seals, Fingerprints, Crosses, and Other Devices Used for Endorsing Tibetan Contracts from Mustang, Nepal, 1837?1993

15. Medical Culture and Manuscript Culture

16. Manuscripts on Hippology and Hippiatry

17. Decoding Bönpo Liturgical Manuscripts

18. Divination Manuals and Almanacs

19. The Tibetan Book in China

20. The Tibetan Book among the Mongols

21. Dorjé Sherap's Great Commentary on the Single Intention

22. Codex Interruptus