Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume II
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Product details:
- Publisher Cornell University Press
- Date of Publication 15 March 2024
- ISBN 9781501771255
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 305x229 mm
- Weight 1361 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 347 Halftones, color 695
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Long description:
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.
MoreTable 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
