| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 596 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Brill's Tibetan studies library ; volume 39
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Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 36.
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| Note |
Papers presented at a workshop on "Printing as an Agent of Change in Tibet and beyond" held at Pembroke College, Cambridge, in November 2013. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Introduction of Printing in the Asian Context: Wider Perspectives on Print and Manuscript Cultures. Three Print Revolutions / Peter Burke -- The Gutenberg Fallacy and the History of Printing among the Mongols / Johan Elverskog -- Mongolian Female Rulers as Patrons of Tibetan Printing at the Yuan Court: Some Preliminary Observations on Recently Discovered Materials / Kawa Sherab Sangpo -- Empress Shotoku as a Sponsor of Printing / Peter Kornicki -- From Chongzhen lishu to Tengri-yin udq-a and rGyartsis chen mo 51 / Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp -- A Forgotten Chapter in South Asian Book History: A Bird's View on Sanskrit Print Culture / Camillo A. Formigatti -- Manuscript and Print in the Tangut State: The Case of the Sunzi / Imre Galambos -- Printing versus Manuscript: History or Rhetoric? A Short Note inspired by Pelliot DIC / Cristina Scherrer-Schaub -- The Uses of Early Tibetan Printing: Evidence from the Turfan Oasis / Sam van Schaik -- Pattern Reproduction Possibilities and the Alpha and Omega of Tibetan Printing / T.H. Barrett -- The Introduction of Printing Into Tibet: Drivers, Impact and New Discoveries. New Discoveries in Early Tibetan Printing History / Porong Dawa -- Collected Writings as Xylographs: Two Sets from the Bo dong pa School / Franz Karl Ehrhard -- Continuity and New Developments in 15th Century Tibetan Book Production: Bo dong Phyogs las rnam rgyal (1376-1451) and his disciples as Producers of Manuscript and Print Editions / Tsering Dawa Sharshon -- Tibetan Women as Patrons of Printing and Innovation / Hildegard Diemberger -- Prints about the Printer: Four Early Prints in Honor of the Mad yogin of gtsang / Stefan Larsson -- Works and Networks of mkhas pa Dri med: On the Illustrations of 16th Century Tibetan Printed Books / Marta Sernesi -- Early Book Production and Printing in Bhutan / Dorji Gyaltsen -- An Unacknowledged Revolution? A Reading of Tibetan Printing History on the Basis of Gung thang Colophons Studied in Two Dedicated Projects / Michela Clemente -- Revolutions of the Dharma Wheel: Uses of Tibetan Printing in the Eighteenth Century / Benjamin Nourse -- Observations Made in the Study of Tibetan Xylographs / Helmut Eimer -- Exploring the Materiality of Prints and Manuscripts. Wooden Book-Covers, Printing Blocks, their identification and dating: how to read the wood / Tomasz Wazny -- The Five Colours of Art: Non-invasive Analysis of Pigments in Tibetan Prints and Manuscripts / Paola Ricciardi and Anuradha Pallipurath -- Paper Plants in the Tibetan World: A Preliminary Study / Alessandro Boesi -- The Choice of Materials in Early Tibetan Printed Books / Agnieszka Helman-Wazny -- Paper, Patronage and Production of Books: Remarks on an 11th Century Manuscript from Central Tibet / Pasang Wangdu. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Printing -- Tibet Region -- History -- Congresses.
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Printing. |
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Tibet Region. |
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History. |
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Books -- Tibet Region -- History -- Congresses.
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Books. |
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Bookbinding -- Tibet Region -- History -- Congresses.
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Bookbinding. |
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Book design -- Tibet Region -- History -- Congresses.
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Book design. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Diemberger, Hildegard, editor.
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Ehrhard, Franz-Karl, editor.
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Kornicki, Peter F. (Peter Francis), editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tibetan printing. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016 9789004316065 (DLC) 2016005484 |
| ISBN |
9789004316256 (electronic book) |
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9004316256 (electronic book) |
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9789004316065 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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900431606X (hardcover alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004316256 |
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