04463nam 2200817 450 991045860400332120200903223051.090-04-27505-310.1163/9789004275058(CKB)2550000001331846(EBL)1744686(SSID)ssj0001261456(PQKBManifestationID)11732586(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001261456(PQKBWorkID)11321236(PQKB)11003736(MiAaPQ)EBC1744686(nllekb)BRILL9789004275058(PPN)184916593(Au-PeEL)EBL1744686(CaPaEBR)ebr10896574(CaONFJC)MIL628941(OCoLC)884548099(EXLCZ)99255000000133184620140726h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe archaeology of Tibetan books /Agnieszka Helman-WażnyLeiden, Netherlands :Brill,2014.©20141 online resource (329 p.)Brill's Tibetan Studies Library,1568-6183 ;Volume 36Description based upon print version of record.90-04-27504-5 1-306-97690-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction /Given-Name Helman-Ważny -- 2 Methods: An Uneasy Alliance of Science and History /Given-Name Helman-Ważny -- 3 Tibetan Books: A Craft and Artistry /Given-Name Helman-Ważny -- 4 Indigo, Gold, and Human Blood: Tibetan Illuminated Manuscripts /Given-Name Helman-Ważny -- 5 Tibetan Woodblock Printing Culture /Given-Name Helman-Ważny -- 6 A Survey of Tibetan Paper /Given-Name Helman-Ważny -- 7 Conservation /Given-Name Helman-Ważny -- Appendix 1 Selected Items from the Tibetan Collections of the British Library -- Appendix 2 Features of Paper in Selected Sets of Tibetan Kanjur -- Appendix 3 Transcription of the Yongle Covers Inscriptions -- Appendix 4 Selected Items from the Tibetan Collection of the Berlin State Library -- Appendix 5 Selected Items from the Tibetan Collection of the Library of Congress, Washington dc, the Asian Reading Room -- Bibliography -- Index.In Archaeology of Tibetan Books , Agnieszka Helman-Ważny 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.Brill's Tibetan studies library ;Volume 36.BooksTibet RegionHistoryBooksConservation and restorationTibet RegionHistoryBookbindingTibet RegionHistoryBook designTibet RegionHistoryPrintingTibet RegionHistoryPapermakingTibet RegionHistoryManuscripts, TibetanHistory and criticismArchaeology and historyTibet RegionArts, TibetanHistoryTibet RegionAntiquitiesElectronic books.BooksHistory.BooksConservation and restorationHistory.BookbindingTibet RegionHistory.Book designHistory.PrintingHistory.PapermakingHistory.Manuscripts, TibetanHistory and criticism.Archaeology and historyArts, TibetanHistory.002.0951/5Helman-Ważny Agnieszka995021MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458604003321The archaeology of Tibetan books2279194UNINA