| ISBN |
8189738224 (hbk.) |
| 9788189738228 (hbk.) |
| Author |
Goswamy, B. N. 1933- |
| Title |
The word is sacred; sacred is the word : the Indian manuscript tradition / [by] B.N. Goswamy with contributions by Dhritabrata Bhattacharya ... [et al.] |
| Publisher |
New Delhi : Niyogi Books, 2007 |
| Physical desc. |
204 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
Exhibition catalog presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2006; organized by the National Mission for Manuscripts, New Delhi and the Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt. |
| Originally published as an English-German bilingual ed., 2006. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-47). |
| Contents |
Preface / Sudha Gopalakrishnan -- Introduction: the word is sacred; sacred is the word: the Indian manuscript tradition / B.N. Goswamy -- The catalogue -- From clay to copper -- The making of a manuscript -- Fields of learning -- Veneration, submission, worship -- Word and image -- Royal commands and plain records. |
| Subject |
Manuscripts, Indic -- Exhibitions |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic -- Exhibitions |
| Writing -- Materials and instruments -- India -- History -- Exhibitions |
| Added name(s) |
Bhattacharjya, Dhritabrata |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
National Mission for Manuscripts (India) |
| National Archives of India |
| MAK Frankfurt |
| Meeting Name |
Frankfurter Buchmesse . (2006) |
