Contents: 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-WAZ.NY; A Collection of Miscellaneous Kanjur Folios including Four Illustrated Pages from a rNying ma Tantra in statu nascendi by MATTHEW KAPSTEIN; A Collection of Miscellaneous Kanjur Folios including Four Illustrated Pages from a rNying ma Tantra in statu nascendi; 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.

ISBN 13: 9783945151037

ISBN 10: 3945151031

Year: 2016

Pages etc.: v+415p., (152)illus.(128 col.), (2)line drawings, bib., 25cm.

Binding: Hardbound

Subject(s): Buddhism