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A case study of a nang gi rnam thar: The example of Kun spangs pa Chos kyi rin chen’s autobiography
No full textThis paper presents a case study of a Tibetan inner biography, one of the three levels existing in the literary genre of life stories. This typology recounts the specific meditative cycles, initiations, etc. imparted to the master and taught by him to his disciples. This essay focuses on Kun spangs pa Chos kyi rin chen, a bKa' brgyud pa master who lived in the 17th Century. This paper also includes a layout of the biography, translated from Tibetan by the author for the first time
Discussing the creation of a template for the identification of Tibetan Xylographs
No full textThis essay focuses on peculiar features of Mang yul Gung thang xylographs. It is particularly devoted to three codicological aspects, namely, front page, layout, and ductus.The title page or frontispiece of both Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs may be a key element to identify the origin of a literary artefact and, likely, its dating as they may have particular styles or drawings which can be associated with a certain place, school, artist, etc. The study of ductus in both manuscripts and xylographs presents several issues. My article lists and discusses the possible causes of variations occurring in xylographs
Introduction
No full textThis essay is the introduction to the volume entitled "Traditional Paths, Innovative Approaches and Digital Challenges in the Study of Tibetan Manuscripts and Xylographs", which may be considered as an interdisciplinary tool for scholars working on Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs from multifarious perspectives (codicological, historical, artistic, anthropological, etc.), but it is also addressed to a wider audience, namely to codicologists, paper conservators, biologists, art historians, IT experts interested in projects involving digital humanities, history, archival documents, and so on. The introduction presents Tibetan book culture in general and explains how the various topics related to books are explained in the volume
The troubled story of the Tucci Tibetan collection and its new life. A preliminary codicological overview of the Bon Corpus
No full textThis essay has the twofold aim of recounting the story of the Tucci Tibetan Collection, as well as showing its renewed life. This collection should be considered as one of Giuseppe Tucci’s most important legacies to the Oriental School of Rome and his living tradition. The first part of this article is dedicated to the story of thousands of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs, whichmwere gathered by Tucci during his expeditions in Tibet in the first half of the twentieth century and travelled with him from the Himalayas to Italy. After going through some ordeals, these books are currently preserved at the National Central Library of Rome in a dedicated room called “IsIAO Library” – African and Oriental Collections Room. The second part of this essay focuses on the Bon corpus included in the Tucci Tibetan Collection to which an ongoing project is dedicated and provides
a preliminary codicological overview of its 77 volumes
Colophons as sources: Historical information from some Brag dkar rta so Xylographies
No full textTibetan colophons are not only a very intriguing and peculiar literary subject to study, but also significant historical sources to develop. This article has a threefold aim: to present colophons as sources, to provide a detailed description of the surviving Brag dkar rta so works, and to give examples of translation. By extracting information from colophons, it is possible to have a most accurate picture of lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rgyal (1473-1557), one of gTsang smyon Heruka's closest disciples, and his entourage, and the progress of lHa btsun's work at Brag dkar rta so, a well-known monastery founded by him
Review of "The Light of Kailash. A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet. Vol. 1, The Early Period" by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and D. Rossi
No full textThis essay provides the review of the first volume of the trilogy on Zhang Zhung's history written by Namkhai Norbu and translated into English and edited by Donatella Rossi under the title "The Light of Kailash". The book takes the title from the renowned Mount Kailash, which stood at the heart of the ancient realm of Zhang Zhung
Yidali de Tuqi zangxue yichan yafei yanjiuyuan tushuguan zangpinzhong yixie wenxian de yanjiu zongshu
No full textThis is the abridged version in Chinese of an essay devoted to the Tucci Tibetan Collection of the IsIAO Library, and in particular to the research carried on by Italian scholars on several works included in the Collection. It examines studies published by Tucci and his disciples based on manuscripts and xylographs of the Collection, and continued with research carried on by scholars of the so-called Roman Oriental School
Mapping fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Buddhist printed works in South-Western Tibet. A historical and literary reading
No full textThis paper presents a mapping of the 15th and 16th centuries Buddhist printed works from South-Western Tibet. Data were acquired thanks to a Marie Curie Project entitled "Tibetan Book Evolution and Technology" (TiBET), and an AHRC Project entitled "Transforming Technologies and Buddhist Book Culture: The Introduction of Printing and Digital Text Reproduction in Tibetan Societies". Both projects had several aims: 1) to assemble and study extant early Tibetan prints from South-Western Tibet, 2) to build an online database with information on many aspects of prints, 3) to build a map of printing houses of that area, 4) to study the production of Tibetan xylographs and their use, 5) to identify the characteristic stylistic features to locate the provenace of the xylographs. This paper provides a picture of the historical and literary situation in Tibet at that time when local rulers were fighting to gain power and religious schools were struggling to acquire authoritativeness
From manuscript to block printing: In the search of stylistic models for the identification of Tibetan Xylographs
No full textTo these days we do not have an accurate picture of the printing projects undertaken in the various areas of Tibet since the introduction of the xylographic
technique in the country. Tibetan people started to use it widely only after the 14th Century. Important printing projects were undertaken in Tibet starting from the 15th Century, which was a flourishing period for arts and culture. One way to study the history of xylographs in Tibet is by identifying the different schools on the basis of stylistic criteria of the extant printings. The schools may also be recognized with the aid of religious figures, spiritual communities to which the artists belonged, or else sponsors. This article describes how to study the history of Tibetan printing through the analysis of stylistic typologies and editions of the original xylographs kept in the Tucci Tibetan Collection of the IsIAO Library in Rome. The aim is an attempt to provide some stylistic models to identify the xylographs of the different printeries
Review of Karl-Heinz Everding, Tibetische Handschriften und Blockdrucke. Die mTshur-phu-Ausgabe der Sammlung Rin-chen gter-mdzod chen-mo, nach dem Exemplar der Orientabteilung Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Teil 14, Bände 52-63
No full textThis is the review of Karl-Heinz Everding's "Tibetische Handschriften und Blockdrucke. Die mTshurphu Ausgabe der Sammlung Rin-chen gter-mdzod chen-mo, nach dem Exemplar der Orientabteilung Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Teil 14. This book is the fifth part of the Rin chen gter mdzod chen mo (“The Great Treasury [of] Precious [gter mas]”) catalogue of the mTshur phu edition
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