The present volume offers a dozen studies of manuscripts of the
Tibetan Bon and Naxi Dongba traditions across time and space. While
some of the contributions focus on particular features of
manuscripts from either tradition, others explicitly bridge the two
by considering common codicological and material aspects of
selected examples or common themes in the content of the texts.
This is the first primarily object-based study to deal with the
cultural history and technology of books from the two traditions.
It discusses collections of Bon and Naxi manuscripts, the concepts
and history of both traditions, the science and technology of book
studies as it relates to these collections, the relationship
between text and image, writing materials, and the historical and
archaeological context of the manuscripts' places of origin. The
authors are specialists in different fields including philology,
anthropology, art history, codicology and archaeometry. The
contributions shed light on trade routes, materials and
technologies as well as on reading practices and ritual usage of
Bon and Naxi manuscripts.
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