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In 2008, an international team of climbers discovered a large collection of Tibetan manuscripts in a cave complex called Mardzong, in Nepal's remote Mustang district. The following year, the entire cache-over five thousand folios from some sixty different works of the Buddhist and Boen religions, some more than seven centuries old-were removed to the safe keeping of a monastery, where they were later examined by experts from different disciplines. This book is the result of their findings. The authors present what they have been able to discover about the content of these manuscripts, their age, the materials with which they were made, the patrons who commissioned them and the scribes and artists who created them. Contributors include: Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, Charles Ramble, Nyima Drandul Gurung, Naljor Tsering, Sarah Skumanov, Emilie Arnaud-Nguyen and Bazhen Zeren

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Author:   Agnieszka Helman-Wazny ,  Charles Ramble
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   48
Weight:   0.739kg
ISBN:  

9789004443662

ISBN 10:   9004443665
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   19 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Preface to the 2nd Edition Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables 1 Introduction to Mustang (Lo) and Its Heritage Agnieszka Helman-Wazny 1 Accounts of History and Religion 2 Climate, Landform, People and the Trade along Kali Gandaki River 3 Cultural Heritage of Mustang 2 A Note on Interdisciplinary Methods Agnieszka Helman-Wazny 1 General Information 2 Writing/copying 3 Format and Layout 4 Elements of Ornamentation 5 Ownership and Authentication Marks 6 Materials 3 The Mardzong Texts in Relation to the Bon Canon Charles Ramble, Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, Nyima Drandul Gurung and Bazhen Zeren 1 The Khams chen 2 The Ka 'dus 3 The gZer mig 4 The Klu 'bum 5 Buddhist dharan i Volume 4 A Codicological Study of the Mardzong Manuscripts Agnieszka Helman-Wazny 1 The Khams chen 2 The Ka 'dus 3 The gZer mig 4 The Klu 'bum 5 Buddhist dharan i Volume 5 Comparative Study of Paper Found at Archaeological Sites in Mustang Emilie Arnaud-Nguyen and Agnieszka Helman-Wazny 1 Links between Paper Dating and Its Manufacturing Process 2 Characteristics of the Samples Studied 3 The Process of the Degradation of Paper 4 Fibre Analysis 5 A Higher Degree of Deterioration 6 A Medium Degree of Degradation 7 Conclusion 6 Missing Manuscripts from the Mardzong Cave Repository Charles Ramble 1 The Context 2 The Missing Manuscripts: Content Description 3 Buddhist Works 4 Bon Works 5 Secular or Indeterminate Works 7 On the Dating and Origin of the Mardzong Manuscripts Agnieszka Helman-Wazny and Charles Ramble 8 Book-Making Practices in Mustang Agnieszka Helman-Wazny 1 Paper 2 Ink 3 Layout 4 Calligraphy 9 Preservation of the Mardzong Manuscripts Collection Sarah Skumanov 1 Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Mustang 2 The State of Preservation of the Mardzong Manuscripts 10 Translations of Selected Works from the Mardzong Collection Charles Ramble 1 Khams chen Dedication 2 Triten Norbutse Dedication 3 Khams chen Dedication 4 Triten Norbutse Dedication 5 Mardzong BA 6 Mardzong J Text and Translation 7 Mardzong K Text and Translation 11 A Rare Treatise on Toxicology from the Mardzong Collection: Translation and Preliminary Remarks Charles Ramble and Naljor Tsering 1 Introduction 2 Poisoning in Tibet 3 Indian Traditions of Toxicology 4 Structure and Content of Mardzong A 5 Features of the Manuscript and Presentation of the Text 6 Text and Translation Bibliography Index

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Agnieszka Helman-Wazny (Ph.D. 2007) is a bibliologist at the University of Warsaw and University of Hamburg. Her publications include monographs and articles on the history of the regional production and usage of paper and books in Tibet and Central Asia, including The Archaeology of Tibetan Books (Brill, 2014). Charles Ramble (D.Phil. 1985) is directeur d'etudes at the EPHE, PSL University, Paris, and a member of the Centre for Research on East Asian Civilisations. His publications include several volumes on the history and culture of Mustang, Nepal.

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