LEADER 03623 am 22006613u 450 001 996318449303316 005 20231110213009.0 010 $a3-11-054311-7 010 $a3-11-054308-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110543117 035 $a(CKB)4100000009940228 035 $a(OAPEN)1006920 035 $a(DE-B1597)480881 035 $a(OCoLC)1135591183 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110543087 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5447338 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5447338 035 $a(OCoLC)1136960827 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32290 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009940228 100 $a20200406h20192020 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $auuuuu---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDividing Texts $eConventions of Visual Text-Organisation in Nepalese and North Indian Manuscripts /$fBidur Bhattarai 210 $aBerlin/Boston$cDe Gruyter$d2020 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston : $cDe Gruyter, $d[2019] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (376) 225 0 $aStudies in Manuscript Cultures ;$v10 311 $a3-11-054307-9 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgements -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. Overall layout and possible reasons for its change in manuscript -- $t3. Use of symbols -- $t4. Use of space -- $t5. Use of colour -- $t6. Conclusions -- $tAppendices -- $tReferences -- $tList of figures -- $tIndex of manuscripts 330 $aThe number of manuscripts produced in the Indian sub-continent is astounding and is the result of a massive enterprise that was carried out over a vast geographical area and over a vast stretch of time. Focusing mainly on areas of Northern India and Nepal between 800 to 1300 CE and on manuscripts containing Sanskrit texts, the present study investigates a fundamental and so far rarely studied aspect of manuscript production: visual organisation. Scribes adopted a variety of visual strategies to distinguish one text from another and to differentiate the various sections within a single text (chapters, sub-chapters, etc.). Their repertoire includes the use of space(s) on the folio, the adoption of different writing styles, the inclusion of symbols of various kind, the application of colours ('rubrication'), or a combination of all these. This study includes a description of these various strategies and an analysis of their different implementations across the selected geographical areas. It sheds light on how manuscripts were produced, as well as on some aspects of their employment in ritual contexts, in different areas of India and Nepal. 410 0$aStudies in Manuscript Cultures 606 $aRegional studies$2bicssc 606 $aAustralasian & Pacific history$2bicssc 606 $aNon-Western philosophy$2bicssc 606 $aPhilosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge$2bicssc 606 $aPhilosophy: aesthetics$2bicssc 610 $aCult of the book. 610 $aSanskrit. 610 $aSouth Asian book history. 610 $avisual organisation. 615 7$aRegional studies 615 7$aAustralasian & Pacific history 615 7$aNon-Western philosophy 615 7$aPhilosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge 615 7$aPhilosophy: aesthetics 676 $a091.0954 700 $aBhattarai$b Bidur, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0955190 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996318449303316 996 $aDividing Texts$92160628 997 $aUNISA