The Mardzong manuscripts : codicological and historical studies of an archaeological find in Mustang, Nepal / by Agnieszka Helman-Ważny, Charles Ramble ; with contributions by Nyima Drandul Gurung [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helman-Ważny, Agnieszka, author.

Ramble, Charles, author.

Contributor:

Gurung, Nyima Drandul, contributor.

Series:

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 48.

Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; volume 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Tibetan--Nepal--Mustang (District)--History.

Manuscripts, Tibetan.

Buddhist literature, Tibetan.

Manuscripts.

Bon (Tibetan religion)--Doctrines.

Nepal--Mustang (District).

History.

Codicology--Nepal--Mustang (District).

Codicology.

Bon (Tibetan religion)--Doctrines--Manuscripts.

Bon (Tibetan religion).

Buddhist literature, Tibetan--Manuscripts.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 298 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Amended, updated and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"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 Bön 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-Ważny, Charles Ramble, Nyima Drandul Gurung, Naljor Tsering, Sarah Skumanov, Emilie Arnaud-Nguyen and Bazhen Zeren"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction to Mustang (Lo) and Its Heritage

A Note on Interdisciplinary Methods

The Mardzong Texts in Relation to the Bon Canon

A Codicological Study of the Mardzong Manuscripts

Comparative Study of Paper Found at Archaeological Sites in Mustang

Missing Manuscripts from the Mardzong Cave Repository

On the Dating and Origin of the Mardzong Manuscripts

Book-Making Practices in Mustang

Preservation of the Mardzong Manuscripts Collection

Translations of Selected Works from the Mardzong Collection

A Rare Treatise on Toxicology from the Mardzong Collection: Translation and Preliminary Remarks.

Notes:

"This book is an amended, updated and expanded edition of the previously published The Mardzong Manuscripts: Preservation, Interpretation and Dating of an Archaeological Find in Mustang, Nepal that was published in 2018 by Eikon Publishing, Poland, in a limited edition"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Helman-Ważny, Agnieszka. Mardzong manuscripts

ISBN:

9789004443662

9004443665

OCLC:

1200832120

Publisher Number:

99985961537