Tibetan manuscripts and early printed books / Volume 2 : Elaborations / edited by Matthew T. Kapstein

• Superior document: Tibetan manuscripts and early printed books Volume 2
• HerausgeberIn: Kapstein, Matthew T. 1949-
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, London : Cornell University Press, 2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English; Tibetan
• Classification: 06.17 - Orientalische Handschriftenkunde; 06.20 - Buchwesen: Allgemeines; 15.79 - China; 18.92 - Sonstige asiatische Sprachen und Literaturen
• Physical Description: xv, 270 Seiten; Illustrationen
• Notes: Contributors: Helmut Tauscher, Cathy Cantwell, Robert Mayer, Hanna Schneider, Peter Schwieger, Charles Ramble, Stacey Van Vleet, Petra Maurer, Ricardo Canzio, Matthew T. Kapstein, Vesna Wallace, Jan-Ulrich Sobisch
• ISBN: 9781501771255
• ac_no: AC17199563
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Matthew T. Kapstein

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