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Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume II: Elaborations

Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume II: Elaborations

Paperback

Business of WritingBuddhismCentral Asian History

ISBN10: 1501771256
ISBN13: 9781501771255
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: Mar 15 2024
Pages: 288
Weight: 2.85
Height: 0.71 Width: 8.98 Depth: 11.89
Language: English

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.

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