Tibetan manuscript and xylograph traditions: the written word and its media within the Tibetan culture sphere,

Book Details

• Publisher: ADITYA PRAKASHAN Indological Publishers & Booksellers

• Language: English

• Edition: 2016 (Hamburg)

• ISBN: 9783945151037

• ISBN-10: 3945151031

• Subject: Buddhism

• Availability: Out of Print / Not Available

About the Book

This scholarly volume brings together a rich collection of research essays on Tibetan manuscripts, xylographs, and early printing traditions. Contents include:

• The rNying ma rgyud bum Set at the National Archives Kathmandu: The History of Its Production and Transmission by Orna Almogi

• Different Facets of Mang yul Gung thang Xylographs by Michela Clemente

• Early Tibetan Printing in Southern La stod: Remarks on a 1407 Print Produced at Shel dkar by Hildegard Diemberger

• Buddhist Hagiographies from the Borderlands: Further Prints from Mang yul Gung thang by Franz-Karl Ehrhard

• Overview of Tibetan Paper and Papermaking: History, Raw Materials, Techniques and Fibre Analysis by Agnieszka Helman-Ważny

• A Collection of Miscellaneous Kanjur Folios including Four Illustrated Pages from a rNying ma Tantra in statu nascendi by Matthew Kapstein

• The Uses of Implements are Different: Reflections on the Functions of Tibetan Manuscripts by Sam van Schaik

• Some Palaeographic Observations on Tibetan Legal Documents by Peter Schwieger

• Sacred Words, Precious by Dorji Wangchuk

Covering themes such as the evolution of Tibetan printing, manuscript traditions, palaeography, and devotional literature, this book is a treasure for scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, history, and textual studies. Though currently out of print, it remains a significant reference work in Buddhist studies and Indology.