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

• Hoofdauteur: Bhattarai, Bidur (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: De Gruyter 2020
• Reeks: Studies in Manuscript Cultures
• Onderwerpen: South Asian book history; Cult of the book; visual organisation; Sanskrit
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The number of manuscripts produced in the Indian sub-continent is astounding and is the result of a massive enterprise. The visual organization of texts in North Indian and Nepalese manuscripts from 800 to 1300 CE is at the centre of the present study. It sheds light on both the ways of manuscripts...