The Archaeology of Tibetan Books

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9401463
AutoresAgnieszka Helman-Ważny (0000-0003-1525-767X, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Páginas311
Fecha de publicación2014-07-03
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaThe archaeology of Tibetan books (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004275058
OpenAlexW386122543
Open LibraryOL31019711M
ISBN9789004275058
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

In Archaeology of Tibetan Books, Agnieszka Helman-Wazny explores the varieties of artistic expression, materials, and tools that have shaped Tibetan books over the millennia. Digging into the history of the bookmaking craft, the author approaches these ancient texts primarily through the lens of their artistry, while simultaneously showing them as physical objects embedded in pragmatic, economic, and social frameworks. She provides analyses of several significant Tibetan books-which usually carry Buddhist teachings-including a selection of manuscripts from Dunhuang from the 1st millennium C.E., examples of illuminated manuscripts from Western and Central Tibet dating from the 15th century, and fragments of printed Tibetan Kanjurs from as early as 1410. This detailed study of bookmaking sheds new light on the books' philosophical meanings

Archaeology · Geography · Chinese history and philosophy · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Japanese History and Culture · Antiquities · Archaeology and history · Art, tibetan · Book design · Bookbinding · Books · Books, conservation and restoration · Conservation and restoration · History and criticism · Manuscripts · Paper · Papermaking · Printing · tibet autonomous region · Tibet Region · Tibetan Arts · Tibetan Manuscripts