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The culture of the book in Tibet
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The culture of the book in Tibet

Author: Kurtis R Schaeffer
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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 Read more...

 
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