Indic Manuscript Cultures through the Ages : Material, Textual, and Historical Investigations /
Indic Manuscript Cultures through the Ages : Material, Textual, and Historical Investigations /
Daniele Cuneo, Camillo Alessio Formigatti, Vincenzo Vergiani.
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- Studies in manuscript cultures, v. 14 2365-9696 ; .
- Studies in manuscript cultures ; v. 14. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface / Collections -- Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library: Three Centuries of History and Preservation / The Cambridge Jain Manuscripts: Provenances, Highlights, Colophons / A Tentative History of the Sanskrit Grammatical Traditions in Nepal through the Manuscript Collections / What Information can be Gleaned from Cambodian Inscriptions about Practices Relating to the Transmission of Sanskrit Literature? / Codicology (from Orality to Print) -- Tamil Satellite Stanzas: Genres and Distribution / Teaching and Learning Sanskrit through Tamil / Pre-modern Sanskrit Authors, Editors and Readers / The Poetic and Prosodic Aspect of the Page. Forms and Graphic Artifices of Early Indic Buddhist Manuscripts in a Historical Perspective / Typology of Drawn Frames in 16th Century Mang yul Gung thang Xylographs / The Other Way Round: From Print to Manuscript / Palaeography -- The Dating of the Cambridge Bodhisattvabhåumi Manuscript Add.1702 / On Some Markers Used in a Grantha Manuscript of the òRgveda Padapåaòtha Belonging to the Cambridge University Library (Or.2366) / Textual Criticism -- A Fragment of the Vajråamòrtamahåatantra: A Critical Edition of the Leaves Contained in Cambridge University Library Or.158.1 / Mahåa-Daònòdadhåaraònåi-âSåitavatåi: A Buddhist Apotropaic Scripture / Minor Vajrayåana Texts IV. A Sanskrit fragment of the Rigyarallitantra / When Lachmann's Method Meets the Dharma of âSiva. Common Errors, Scribal Interventions, and the Transmission of the âSivadharma Corpus / Cultural Studies -- Vivid Images, Not Opaque Words / Umåa and âSiva's Playful Talks in Detail (Lalitavistara): On the Production of âSaiva Works and their Manuscripts in Medieval Nepal / Subantaratnåakara: An Unknown Text of Subhåuticandra / The Cåandravyåakaraònapaänjikåa: An Important Tool for the Study of the Moggallåanavuttivivaraònapaäncikåa / Towards a Critical Edition of âSaçnkara's 'Longer' Aitareyopaniòsadbhåaòsya: a Preliminary Report based on two Cambridge Manuscripts / List of Contributors -- Index of Persons Vergiani, Vincenzo -- Formigatti, Camillo A. -- Balbir, Nalini -- Vergiani, Vincenzo -- Goodall, Dominic -- Wilden, Eva -- Ciotti, Giovanni -- Hanneder, Jèurgen -- Scherrer-Schaub, Cristina -- Clemente, Michela / Lunardo, Filippo -- Francis, Emmanuel -- Harimoto, Kengo -- Franceschini, Marco -- Sferra, Francesco -- Hidas, Gergely -- Szâantâo, Pâeter-Dâaniel -- De Simini, Florinda -- Cuneo, Daniele -- De Simini, Florinda / Mirnig, Nina -- Deokar, Lata Mahesh -- Deokar, Mahesh A. -- David, Hugo --
This collection of essays explores the history of the book in pre-modern South Asia looking at the production, circulation, fruition and preservation of manuscripts in different areas and across time. Edited by the team of the Cambridge-based Sanskrit Manuscripts Project and including contributions of the researchers who collaborated with it, it covers a wide range of topics related to South Asian manuscript culture: from the material dimension (palaeography, layout, decoration) and the complicated interactions of manuscripts with printing in late medieval Tibet and in modern Tamil Nadu, to reading, writing, editing and educational practices, from manuscripts as sources for the study of religious, literary and intellectual traditions, to the creation of collections in medieval India and Cambodia (one major centre of the so-called Sanskrit cosmopolis), and the formation of the Cambridge collections in the colonial period. The contributions reflect the variety of idioms, literary genres, religious movements, and social actors (intellectuals, scribes, patrons) of ancient South Asia, as well as the variety of approaches, interests and specialisms of the authors, and their impassionate engagement with manuscripts.
In English.
3110543109 9783110543100
10.1515/9783110543100 doi
22573/ctvbjjp3s JSTOR
2017059237
Cambridge University Library.
Cambridge University Library.
Manuscripts, Indic--History.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--History.
Manuscripts--History.--South Asia
Manuscripts, Indic--History.--England--Cambridge
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--History.--England--Cambridge
HISTORY--General.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts, Indic.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
England--Cambridge.
South Asia.
Electronic books.
History.
091.0954
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface / Collections -- Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library: Three Centuries of History and Preservation / The Cambridge Jain Manuscripts: Provenances, Highlights, Colophons / A Tentative History of the Sanskrit Grammatical Traditions in Nepal through the Manuscript Collections / What Information can be Gleaned from Cambodian Inscriptions about Practices Relating to the Transmission of Sanskrit Literature? / Codicology (from Orality to Print) -- Tamil Satellite Stanzas: Genres and Distribution / Teaching and Learning Sanskrit through Tamil / Pre-modern Sanskrit Authors, Editors and Readers / The Poetic and Prosodic Aspect of the Page. Forms and Graphic Artifices of Early Indic Buddhist Manuscripts in a Historical Perspective / Typology of Drawn Frames in 16th Century Mang yul Gung thang Xylographs / The Other Way Round: From Print to Manuscript / Palaeography -- The Dating of the Cambridge Bodhisattvabhåumi Manuscript Add.1702 / On Some Markers Used in a Grantha Manuscript of the òRgveda Padapåaòtha Belonging to the Cambridge University Library (Or.2366) / Textual Criticism -- A Fragment of the Vajråamòrtamahåatantra: A Critical Edition of the Leaves Contained in Cambridge University Library Or.158.1 / Mahåa-Daònòdadhåaraònåi-âSåitavatåi: A Buddhist Apotropaic Scripture / Minor Vajrayåana Texts IV. A Sanskrit fragment of the Rigyarallitantra / When Lachmann's Method Meets the Dharma of âSiva. Common Errors, Scribal Interventions, and the Transmission of the âSivadharma Corpus / Cultural Studies -- Vivid Images, Not Opaque Words / Umåa and âSiva's Playful Talks in Detail (Lalitavistara): On the Production of âSaiva Works and their Manuscripts in Medieval Nepal / Subantaratnåakara: An Unknown Text of Subhåuticandra / The Cåandravyåakaraònapaänjikåa: An Important Tool for the Study of the Moggallåanavuttivivaraònapaäncikåa / Towards a Critical Edition of âSaçnkara's 'Longer' Aitareyopaniòsadbhåaòsya: a Preliminary Report based on two Cambridge Manuscripts / List of Contributors -- Index of Persons Vergiani, Vincenzo -- Formigatti, Camillo A. -- Balbir, Nalini -- Vergiani, Vincenzo -- Goodall, Dominic -- Wilden, Eva -- Ciotti, Giovanni -- Hanneder, Jèurgen -- Scherrer-Schaub, Cristina -- Clemente, Michela / Lunardo, Filippo -- Francis, Emmanuel -- Harimoto, Kengo -- Franceschini, Marco -- Sferra, Francesco -- Hidas, Gergely -- Szâantâo, Pâeter-Dâaniel -- De Simini, Florinda -- Cuneo, Daniele -- De Simini, Florinda / Mirnig, Nina -- Deokar, Lata Mahesh -- Deokar, Mahesh A. -- David, Hugo --
This collection of essays explores the history of the book in pre-modern South Asia looking at the production, circulation, fruition and preservation of manuscripts in different areas and across time. Edited by the team of the Cambridge-based Sanskrit Manuscripts Project and including contributions of the researchers who collaborated with it, it covers a wide range of topics related to South Asian manuscript culture: from the material dimension (palaeography, layout, decoration) and the complicated interactions of manuscripts with printing in late medieval Tibet and in modern Tamil Nadu, to reading, writing, editing and educational practices, from manuscripts as sources for the study of religious, literary and intellectual traditions, to the creation of collections in medieval India and Cambodia (one major centre of the so-called Sanskrit cosmopolis), and the formation of the Cambridge collections in the colonial period. The contributions reflect the variety of idioms, literary genres, religious movements, and social actors (intellectuals, scribes, patrons) of ancient South Asia, as well as the variety of approaches, interests and specialisms of the authors, and their impassionate engagement with manuscripts.
In English.
3110543109 9783110543100
10.1515/9783110543100 doi
22573/ctvbjjp3s JSTOR
2017059237
Cambridge University Library.
Cambridge University Library.
Manuscripts, Indic--History.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--History.
Manuscripts--History.--South Asia
Manuscripts, Indic--History.--England--Cambridge
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--History.--England--Cambridge
HISTORY--General.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts, Indic.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
England--Cambridge.
South Asia.
Electronic books.
History.
091.0954