Tibeto-logic: book culture

More-or-less monthly musings on mainly antiquarian topics of Tibet-related interest. Independent & unremunerated since 2006

Showing posts with label book culture. Show all posts

Showing posts with label book culture. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Kālacakra Tantra Woodblock Prints: A Guestblog in Response

Woodcut miniature of Pad-ma-dkar-po, or in Sanskrit Puṇḍarīka Today’s guestblog was written by Marta Sernesi. It is in response to two ...

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Kālacakra Tantra, the Second of Two Rare and Early Woodblocks

Folio 1 verso . The label below the miniature seems to say “ dang po'i sangs rgyas” ༼ ? ༽ 2. Woodblocks Carved in Memory of Nyagpuwa In ...

Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Kālacakra Tantra, the First of Two Rare and Early Woodblocks

1. Woodblocks Carved for Orgyanpa One Thanksgiving holiday in Boston back in 1998, E. Gene Smith gave me free use of his library with permis...

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Take the Cursive Test

To enlarge the picture, just click on it What you see in our frontispiece this morning is a finely scribed sample of Tibetan book cursive....

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