Dividing Texts : Conventions of Visual Text-Organisation in Nepalese and North Indian Manuscripts

Dividing Texts Conventions of Visual Text-Organisation in Nepalese and North Indian Manuscripts

The number of manuscripts produced in the Indian sub-continent is astounding and is the result of a massive enterprise that was carried out over a vast geographical area and over a vast stretch of time. Focusing mainly on areas of Northern India and Nepal between 800 to 1300 CE and on manuscripts co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bhattarai, Bidur, author (author)
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
Berlin ; Boston : [2019]
Colección:Studies in Manuscript Cultures
Materias:
Regional studies
Australasian & Pacific history
Non-Western philosophy
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Philosophy: aesthetics
Cult of the book.
Sanskrit.
South Asian book history.
visual organisation.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430453906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Overall layout and possible reasons for its change in manuscript
  • 3. Use of symbols
  • 4. Use of space
  • 5. Use of colour
  • 6. Conclusions
  • Appendices
  • References
  • List of figures
  • Index of manuscripts

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