Inscribing the Corpus: Scribal and Ritual Practice in the Material Culture of Dunhuang

Qualities of the written sign impact the process of parsing a text, of making it accessible for vision, contemplation, recitation, and memory. In this article, I approach the manuscript as a visual field ordered by the configuration, combination, and differentiation of marks. This approach considers...

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Published in:Numen
Main Author: Dachille, Rae (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Numen
Year: 2020, Volume: 67, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 113-137
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Dunhuang manuscripts / Materiality / Ritual / Scribe / Reader
RelBib Classification:BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Tibetan Buddhism
B Art History
B Buddhism
B manuscript culture
B ritual writing
B esoteric drawings
B scribal practice
B Dunhuang
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