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Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and beyond
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9780947595203
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Elliott, Mark
Title
Buddha's word : the life of books in Tibet and beyond / Mark Elliott, Hildegard Diemberger & Michela Clemente
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Cambridge : Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, [2014]
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156 pages ; illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm
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Published to accompany the exhibition: Buddha's Word: The Life of Books in Tibet and Beyond, 28 May 2014 - 17 January 2015, Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
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Includes bibliographical references
Contents
Introduction. Text as a relic in Tibet. The illuminated Perfection of Wisdom / Camillo A. Formigatti. Illuminations in the Nepalese manuscript / Craig Jamieson. Maṇi stones: Buddhist letters on landscapes -- 02. Travelling books / Camillo A. Formigatti. Pali literature: from orality to written text / Aleix Ruiz-Falqués. Palm-leaf books of Sri Lanka / Sujit Sivasundaram. Translations and consecrations: inside a Chinese statue / Mark Elliott. Votive manuscripts inside the Guanyin statue / Imre Galamboś. A multi-lingual Thangkha from Mongolia -- East Asian trajectories and transformations / Peter Kornicki -- 03. Tibetan book culture. Body, speech and mind in the Tibetan context. The altar. Padmasambhava's chronicle / Michele Clemente. The protective power of words. Tsha tsha. Thangka of Tsangkhapa / Mark Elliott & Filippo Lunardo -- 04. Transforming technologies: from manuscript to print to digital Dharma. Printing: the wider perspective / Michela Clemente. Printing and patronage in Tibetan Buddhism / Hildegard Diemberger & Michela Clemente. The Maṇi bka' 'bum / Michela Clemente. Women as patrons of printing and innovation / Hildegard Diemberger -- 05. What are Buddhist scriptures made of? Plants used for Tibetan paper-making / Alessandro Boesi. Tibetan paper and other supports / Agnieszka Helman-Wazny. Clours / Paola Ricciardi & Anuradha Pallipurath. Ink and writing. An illuminated Tibetan manuscript on blue-black paper of works by Khadrub Geleg Pelzang and Tsangkhapa / Filippo Lunardo & Michela Clemente. Thingshog (mthing shog): luxury illuminated manuscripts on blue-black paper / James Canary. Woodblocks and covers / Tomasz Wazny. Book covers / Mark Elliott, Filippo Lunardo & Michela Clemente -- 06. The Cambridge Collections. The South Asian manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library / Camillo A. Formigatti. Adiyogasamadhi / Daniele Cuneo. Illuminated Dharani manuscripts / Daniele Cuneo. The Tibetan collection in Cambridge University Library / Karma Phuntsho. Tsangkhapa's commentaries on the Yogacarabhumi / Filippo Lunardo. The Aryaparimitayurjnananamamahayanasutra. The Japanese Buddhist collection in the Cambridge University Library / Peter Kornicki. Collecting Tibet at MAA / Mark Elliott. Prayer wheels -- 07. Digital paths to Tibetan literature / Hildegard Diemberger & Stephen Hugh-Jones -- Bibliography.
Subject
Books -- Tibet Region -- History
Papermaking -- Tibet Region -- History
Printing -- Tibet Region -- History
Bookbinding -- Tibet Region -- History
Buddhism
Books -- Conservation and restoration -- Tibet Region -- History
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