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Shan manuscripts: part 1

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Field name	Details
ISBN	3515079734 (hbk.)
Title	Shan manuscripts : part 1 / compiled and edited by Barend Jan Terwiel with the assistance of Chaichuen Khamdaengyodtai
Publisher	Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003
Physical desc.	250 pages ; illustrations ; 29 cm.
Series	Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland Bd. 39/1-
Note	First volume.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and indexes.
Contents	Introduction -- The Shan people -- History of the Shans -- Shan script, the cipher code and neighbouring ways of writing -- Famous authors -- Material writing culture -- Shan books, a typology -- The pantheon and Buddhist saints -- Magical principles -- The terms cak. 'ten' and ān -- Dates -- Poetry and recitation prose -- Variations among copies of the same text -- Manuscript reading: a shared tradition -- Glossary of technical terms -- Catalogue -- Appendices: works; authors; scribes, donors and former owners; geographical names; dates of manuscripts; list of manuscripts according to owning libraries and museums.
Language Note	Critical material in English; includes passages in Shan and Burmese.
Subject	Manuscripts, Burmese -- Catalogs
	Manuscripts -- Burma -- Catalogs
	Manuscripts -- Germany -- Catalogs
	Shan language -- Texts -- Catalogs
	Shan (Asian people) -- History -- Sources
Added name(s)	Terwiel, B. J.
Added name(s)	Chāichư̄n Khamdǣngyō̜ttai

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
10012873	091.09591 TER	MSR		. *, Overdue .	17 Jun 2024