Saved from Desert Sands Re-Discovering Objects on the Silk Roads

Saved by Desert Sands , edited by Kelsey Granger and Imre Galambos, unites historians, codicologists, art historians, archaeologists, and curators in the study of material culture on the Silk Roads. The re-discovery of forgotten manuscript archives and sand-buried cities in the twentieth century has...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Granger, Kelsey, editor (editor), Galambos, Imre, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill [2024]
Edición:First edition
Colección:Library of perennial philosophy. Spiritual masters--East and West series ; Volume 18.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009858454706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Conventions
  • List of Illustrations
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • 1 Re-discovering Objects: Material Culture on the Silk Roads
  • Kelsey Granger and Imre Galambos
  • 2 Insight into the Lives of Soldiers along the Hexi Corridor during the Western Han Dynasty
  • Arnaud Bertrand
  • 3 Writing beyond Han Boundaries: a Scribal Primer at the Niya Site
  • Christopher J. Foster
  • 4 Seals and Sealing Practices in the Kingdom of Kroraina
  • Tomas L. Høisæter
  • 5 The Social Life of a Tang Silver Dish
  • Hajni Elias
  • 6 A Pensive Prince or a Languid Lady? Tang Ceramics of Women Seated on Hourglass Stools
  • Kelsey Granger
  • 7 Dali Daggers: Buddhist Material Culture on the Southern Silk Road
  • Megan Bryson
  • 8 Reconsidering Stein Painting 14 of the Jinshan Kingdom in Tenth-Century Dunhuang
  • Luk Yu-ping
  • 9 How to Handle a Scroll? Evidence from Pelliot Chinois 3812
  • Nadine Bregler
  • 10 Manuscripts on the Move: a Codex’s Journey from Lingzhou to Dunhuang
  • Jing Feng
  • 11 The Life and Afterlife of a Funerary Divination Scroll
  • Mélodie Doumy
  • Index.