Christina Kilby
Biographic Data
| ID | 5177597 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Kilby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Kilby |
| SIGNATURE | KILBY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Madison University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Printing Tibetan Epistolaria
In Tibetan tradition, letter writing is a sophisticated art in which the material aspects of a letter––paper format, script style and size, text spacing and layout––are integral to the letter's semantic content. What meaning is lost and gained in the transformation from manuscript original to printed edition? What scribal and editorial decisions are at play in this textual transformation? My aims in this article are twofold: to introduce scholars…
Bowing with Words
This article analyzes the ritual dimensions of Tibetan epistolary style. By examining the material aspects of handwritten Tibetan epistles—paper size and shape, script size and style, text spacing and margins—along with the formal instructions found in Tibetan epistolary manuals, I show how an epistle’s physical constitution renders two bodies performing a symbolic display of hierarchy on the page. This display of hierarchy is most dramatic in th…
Bowing with Words
This article analyzes the ritual dimensions of Tibetan epistolary style. By examining the material aspects of handwritten Tibetan epistles—paper size and shape, script size and style, text spacing and margins—along with the formal instructions found in Tibetan epistolary manuals, I show how an epistle’s physical constitution renders two bodies performing a symbolic display of hierarchy on the page. This display of hierarchy is most dramatic in th…
Bowing with Words
This article analyzes the ritual dimensions of Tibetan epistolary style. By examining the material aspects of handwritten Tibetan epistles—paper size and shape, script size and style, text spacing and margins—along with the formal instructions found in Tibetan epistolary manuals, I show how an epistle’s physical constitution renders two bodies performing a symbolic display of hierarchy on the page. This display of hierarchy is most dramatic in th…
Printing Tibetan Epistolaria
In Tibetan tradition, letter writing is a sophisticated art in which the material aspects of a letter––paper format, script style and size, text spacing and layout––are integral to the letter's semantic content. What meaning is lost and gained in the transformation from manuscript original to printed edition? What scribal and editorial decisions are at play in this textual transformation? My aims in this article are twofold: to introduce scholars…
Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Asian Studies and History (1 work) · Buddhism (1 work) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (1 work) · Chinese history and philosophy (1 work)