Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume II

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Matthew T. Kapstein (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2024
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
9781501771255 (ISBN)

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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.

Contributors: Cathy Cantwell, Ricardo Canzio, Matthew T. Kapstein, Petra Maurer, Robert Mayer, Charles Ramble, Hanna Schneider, Peter Schwieger, Jan-Ulrich Sobisch, Helmut Tauscher, Stacey Van Vleet, and Vesna A. Wallace. Matthew T. Kapstein is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris and Associate of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. His many books include The Tibetans and The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	03.02.2024
Zusatzinfo	347 color halftones - 347 Halftones, color
Verlagsort	Ithaca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	229 x 305 mm
Gewicht	1361 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
ISBN-13	9781501771255 / 9781501771255
Zustand	Neuware