Bowing with Words: Paper, Ink, and Bodies in Tibetan Buddhist Epistles
This article analyzes the ritual dimensions of Tibetan epistolary style. By examining the material aspects of handwritten Tibetan epistles-paper size and shape, script size and style, text spacing and margins-along with the formal instructions found in Tibetan epistolary manuals, I show how an epist...
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Oxford University Press
[2019]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 87, Issue: 1, Pages: 260-281 |
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Lamaism
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