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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kurtis R Schaeffer |
| ISBN: | 9780231147163 0231147163 9780231519182 0231519184 |
| OCLC Number: | 244628334 |
| Description: | xiii, 244 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The stuff of books -- The editor's texts -- The scholar's dream -- The physician's lament -- The king's canons -- The cost of a priceless book -- Epilogue: The boy who wrote Sutras on the sky -- Appendix 1. Buton Rinchendrup's letter to editors -- Appendix 2. The contents of the Buddhist canons -- Appendix 3. The cost of the canon at Dege. |
| Responsibility: | Kurtis R. Schaeffer. |
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[A] brilliant study. -- Lauran R. Hartley The Journal of Asian Studies Vol 69, No 2 This elegant, readable work portrays the considerable traditional Tibetan enterprise of book production. -- Jonathan C. Gold Religious Studies Review Vol 36, No 4 Read more...
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