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Dividing texts : conventions of visual text-organization in Nepalese and North Indian manuscripts
- Title
- Dividing texts : conventions of visual text-organization in Nepalese and North Indian manuscripts / Bidur Bhattarai.
- Author
- Bhattarai, Bidur
- Publication
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]
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- Description
- xii, 376 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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 on areas of Northern India and Nepal between 800 to 1300 CE and on manuscripts containing Sanskrit texts, the present study investigates a fundamental and so far rarely studied aspect of manuscript production: visual organization. Scribes adopted a variety of visual strategies to distinguish one text from another and to differentiate the various sections within a single text (chapters, sub-chapters, etc.). Their repertoire includes the use of space(s) on the folio, the adoption of different writing styles, the inclusion of symbols of various kind, the application of colors (rubrication), or a combination of all these. This study includes a description of these various strategies and an analysis of their different implementations across the selected geographical areas. It sheds light on how manuscripts were produced, as well as on some aspects of their employment in ritual contexts, in different areas of India and Nepal.
- Series Statement
- Studies in manuscript cultures ; v. 10
- Uniform Title
- Studies in manuscript cultures ; v. 10.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-4209
- ISBN
- 3110543079
- 9783110543070
- OCLC
- 973116292
- Author
- Bhattarai, Bidur, author.
- Title
- Dividing texts : conventions of visual text-organization in Nepalese and North Indian manuscripts / Bidur Bhattarai.
- Publisher
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in manuscript cultures ; v. 10Studies in manuscript cultures ; v. 10.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-4209