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From mulberry leaves to silk scrolls: new approaches to the study of Asian manuscript traditions

From mulberry leaves to silk scrolls: new approaches to the study of Asian manuscript traditions
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ISBN 0812247361 (hbk.)
9780812247367 (hbk.)
Title From mulberry leaves to silk scrolls : new approaches to the study of Asian manuscript traditions / edited by Justin Thomas McDaniel and Lynn Ransom
Publisher Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015
Physical desc. xii, 289 p. ; col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Series 1 The Lawrence J. Schoenberg studies in manuscript culture
Note "Several of the essays in this volume were first presented at the Fourth Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age, 'Writing the East: History and New Technologies in the Study of Asian Manuscript Traditions,' which was held October 21-22, 2011, at the University of Pennsylvania and the Free Library of Philadelphia" -- Preface.
"The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries" -- t.p.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The characteristics of elephants: a Thai manuscript and its context / Hiram Woodward -- Representations of space and place in a Burmese cosmology manuscript at the British Museum / Alexandra Green -- Stories steeped in gold: narrative scenes of the decorative Kammavaca manuscripts of Burma / Sinéad Ward -- Drawn to an "extremely loathsome" place: the Buddha and the power of the northern Thai landscape / Angela S. Chiu -- Shifting modes of religiosity: remapping early Chinese religion in light of recently excavated manuscripts / Ori Tavor -- Living with ghosts and deities in the Qin 秦 state: methods of exorcism from "Jie 詰" in the Shuihudi 睡虎地 manuscript / Daniel Sou -- Spoken text and written symbol: the use of layout and notation in Sanskrit scientific manuscripts / Kim Plofker -- Abbreviations in medieval astronomical and astrological manuscripts written in Arabic script / Sergei Tourkin -- Creating a codicology of Central Asian manuscripts / Susan Whitfield -- Providing access to manuscripts in the digital age / Peter M. Scharf.
Subject Manuscripts -- Asia
Codicology
Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts
Added name(s) McDaniel, Justin ed.
Ransom, Lynn ed.
Meeting Name Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age ((4th ) . 2011 , Philadelphia, PA)
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