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

• मुख्य लेखक: Bhattarai, Bidur (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: De Gruyter 2020
• श्रृंखला: Studies in Manuscript Cultures
• विषय: South Asian book history; Cult of the book; visual organisation; Sanskrit
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...