Justin Thomas McDaniel is Professor of Buddhist Studies and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Lynn Ransom is Curator at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
Justin Thomas McDaniel is Professor of Buddhist Studies and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Lynn Ransom is Curator at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
Preface —Lynn Ransom Introduction —Justin Thomas McDaniel PART I. THE ART OF THE BOOK Chapter 1. The Characteristics of Elephants: A Thai Manuscript and Its Context —Hiram Woodward Chapter 2. Representations of Space and Place in a Burmese Cosmology Manuscript at the British Museum —Alexandra Green Chapter 3. Stories Steeped in Gold: Narrative Scenes of the Decorative Kammavaca Manuscripts of Burma —Sinead Ward PART II. INSCRIBING RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND BELIEF Chapter 4. Drawn to an "Extremely Loathsome" Place: The Buddha and the Power of the Northern Thai Landscape —Angela S. Chiu Chapter 5. Shifting Modes of Religiosity: Remapping Early Chinese Religion in Light of Recently Excavated Manuscripts —Ori Tavor Chapter 6. Living with Ghosts and Deities in the Qin State: Methods of Exorcism from "Jie " in the Shuihudi Manuscript —Daniel Sou PART III. TECHNOLOGIES OF WRITING Chapter 7. Spoken Text and Written Symbol: The Use of Layout and Notation in Sanskrit Scientific Manuscripts —Kim Plofker Chapter 8. Abbreviations in Medieval Astronomical and Astrological Manuscripts Written in Arabic Script —Sergei Tourkin Chapter 9. Creating a Codicology of Central Asian Manuscripts —Susan Whitfield Chapter 10. Providing Access to Manuscripts in the Digital Age —Peter M. Scharf Notes Contributors Index
Preface —Lynn Ransom Introduction —Justin Thomas McDaniel PART I. THE ART OF THE BOOK Chapter 1. The Characteristics of Elephants: A Thai Manuscript and Its Context —Hiram Woodward Chapter 2. Representations of Space and Place in a Burmese Cosmology Manuscript at the British Museum —Alexandra Green Chapter 3. Stories Steeped in Gold: Narrative Scenes of the Decorative Kammavaca Manuscripts of Burma —Sinead Ward PART II. INSCRIBING RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND BELIEF Chapter 4. Drawn to an "Extremely Loathsome" Place: The Buddha and the Power of the Northern Thai Landscape —Angela S. Chiu Chapter 5. Shifting Modes of Religiosity: Remapping Early Chinese Religion in Light of Recently Excavated Manuscripts —Ori Tavor Chapter 6. Living with Ghosts and Deities in the Qin State: Methods of Exorcism from "Jie " in the Shuihudi Manuscript —Daniel Sou PART III. TECHNOLOGIES OF WRITING Chapter 7. Spoken Text and Written Symbol: The Use of Layout and Notation in Sanskrit Scientific Manuscripts —Kim Plofker Chapter 8. Abbreviations in Medieval Astronomical and Astrological Manuscripts Written in Arabic Script —Sergei Tourkin Chapter 9. Creating a Codicology of Central Asian Manuscripts —Susan Whitfield Chapter 10. Providing Access to Manuscripts in the Digital Age —Peter M. Scharf Notes Contributors Index
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