Religious Studies

Re-enacting the Past

A Cultural History of the School of gTsang smyon Heruka

17 x 24 cm, 584 p., cloth
98.00 €
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This book is devoted to the study of the so-called “School of gTsang smyon,” i.e. the religious community that gathered around the Tibetan master gTsang smyon Heruka (1452–1507). Looking at a broad range of historical sources and reconstructing the religious …

Saints cavaliers

Culte et images en Géorgie aux IVe–XIe siècles

17 x 24 cm, 204 p., 15 Tafeln, hardback
98.00 €
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This is the first archeological, iconographical and hagiological study, based on the unpublished archaeological research findings, that attempts to measure the importance of the Georgian environment for the genesis of this theme and for a broad understanding of the cult …

Mit einem Einführungsessay von Christoph Markschies

Orientalische Bibelhandschriften aus der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK / Oriental Bible Manuscripts from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK

Eine illustrierte Geschichte / An Illustrated History

21 x 29.7 cm, 192 p., hardback
39.90 €
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The collection of Oriental manuscripts at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz forms with its 42,000 volumes one of the most significant collections of its kind in the world. A special place therein take the many Bible manuscripts. This …

Zum Begriff ’namarupa:’

Das Individuum im Pali-Kanon

13 x 21 cm, 156 p., paperback / softback
24.00 €
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Nāmarūpa (literally “name and form”) is widely known as a Buddhist term used to denote the the five “groups” (P. khandhas, Sk. skandhas) of which the individual is said to consist and also appears in the formula of “dependent origination” …

Scribes, Texts, and Rituals in Early Tibet and Dunhuang

Proceedings of the Third Old Tibetan Studies Panel held at the Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Vancouver 2010

17 x 24 cm, 156 p., 19 ill. (color) on plates, cloth
98.00 €
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This volume presents new findings and original research concerning early Tibet and the social and the Tibetan Empire (c. 600–850 CE). Demonstrating the methodological breadth of the field of early Tibetan studies, the contributions range from archeological and art-historical studies …

Divrigi

Unterwegs zur türkischen Mystik in Stein

21 x 28 cm, 224 p., hardback
110.00 €
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Since the medieval building complex consisting of the Friday mosque and the psychiatric hospital was declared “World Cultural Heritage Site” in 1986 the small provincial town of Divriği, hidden in the mountains of East Taurus, has become a popular destination …

By Gudrun Bühnemann with Transliterations and Translations from the Newari by Kashinath Tamot

The Life of the Buddha

Buddhist and Saiva Iconography and Visual Narratives in Artists’ Sketchbooks from Nepal

21 x 28 cm, 204 p., with dust jacket
49.90 €
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This book describes, analyses and reproduce line drawings from two manuscripts and a related section from a third manuscript. These are:
1. Manuscript M.82.169.2, preserved in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (circa late 19th century)
2. Manuscript 82.242-1-24, preserved in …