11 June, on Zoom
Monday, 8 June 2020
Updated release
Dan Martin & Yael Bentor's very useful
Tibetan Histories:
a Bibliography of Tibetan-Language Historical Works
(1997)
has been updated and put online,
dedicated to the memory of E. Gene Smith
dedicated to the memory of E. Gene Smith
Friday, 24 April 2020
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
Karchak @ Bodleian
Link to catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs:
Further details of Driver Collection being added during Lockdown 2020 -
updates will be posted
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
John Stapleton Driver collection
Driver Collection of Tibetan manuscripts & xylograph prints update:
today (20.11.18) 'first scope' listing of 465 Tibetan smaller manuscripts was finished.
Next move is on to 135 larger manuscripts and xylograph prints of the Collection.
(sample 'Ri chos' retreat advice manuscript below)
Tuesday, 19 December 2017
Law & The Tibetan Empire - MS Or.53521
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Image: Tibetan Emperor Songtsen Gampo
with Queens Wencheng and Bhrikuti,
illustrated in Mani Kabum, (British Library, Tib CC.125)
link to audio recording
Law & The Tibetan Empire - as seen in manuscript Or.5351
An examination of the evidence from a previously unstudied
manuscript copy of a 14th-century history.
A primary figure of interest in Tibetan ‘medieval’ law has been the Tibetan Emperor Songtsen Gampo (7th century CE). Several Tibetan historical texts of the post-imperial period in the 10–14th centuries provide references to Songtsen Gampo’s Buddhist influences in the development of Tibetan law. One such text is the mid-14th-century Rgyal rabs gsal ba’i me long, also known as The Mirror Illuminating the Royal Genealogies (Sorensen, 1994), composed by a Tibetan cleric, Lama Dampa Sonam Gyelsten.The British Library has a manuscript example [OR.5351] of this work, date of creation as yet not determined, which was collected by Dr. Waddell and bought from him in May 1898, several years before the Younghusband Expedition, a British invasion of Tibet (1904). Apparently this manuscript has not been studied by Western scholars. The presentation will look at the structure of the manuscript contents and pay attention to some of the passages that make references to Tibetan law of the Tibetan Empire period (7th–9th centuries).
with Queens Wencheng and Bhrikuti,
illustrated in Mani Kabum, (British Library, Tib CC.125)
link to audio recording
Law & The Tibetan Empire - as seen in manuscript Or.5351
How did Emperor Songtsen Gampo influence the development of Tibetan law?
manuscript copy of a 14th-century history.
A primary figure of interest in Tibetan ‘medieval’ law has been the Tibetan Emperor Songtsen Gampo (7th century CE). Several Tibetan historical texts of the post-imperial period in the 10–14th centuries provide references to Songtsen Gampo’s Buddhist influences in the development of Tibetan law. One such text is the mid-14th-century Rgyal rabs gsal ba’i me long, also known as The Mirror Illuminating the Royal Genealogies (Sorensen, 1994), composed by a Tibetan cleric, Lama Dampa Sonam Gyelsten.The British Library has a manuscript example [OR.5351] of this work, date of creation as yet not determined, which was collected by Dr. Waddell and bought from him in May 1898, several years before the Younghusband Expedition, a British invasion of Tibet (1904). Apparently this manuscript has not been studied by Western scholars. The presentation will look at the structure of the manuscript contents and pay attention to some of the passages that make references to Tibetan law of the Tibetan Empire period (7th–9th centuries).
Tuesday, 4 July 2017
Eminent Tibetan Tulku visits Bodleian Tibetan Collection
On Thursday 22 June, 2017,
His Holiness Gyalwang Drukchen Rinpoche
paid a visit to Weston Library,
where the Tibetan collection of manuscripts and xylographs
held by the Bodleian Library are lodged.
Dr Gillian Evison, Head of Oriental Collections, welcomed him.
and in the Blackwell Hall:
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| Dr Evison, Gyalwa Drukchen, Professor Ulrike Roesler |
After a brief overview of the collection -
Capt Samuel Turner's scroll, the Schlagintweit Collection,
and donations from the Indian Government,
and donations from the Indian Government,
WY Evans-Wentz, FW Thomas,
MV Aris, H Richardson, J Stapleton-Driver -
Rinpoche saw a selection of texts relating to
the 'Brug pa (Drukpa) lineage and the Ladakh area.
An excellent visit!
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Donation of Tibetan texts to Bodleian by Malcolm Puttick
In March (2017), Malcolm Puttick kindly offered
2 Prajñāpāramitā illustrated manuscripts to
Bodleian Library Tibetan Collection.
Additionally, a decorated Tibetan wooden box
was donated,
was donated,
and a folding table used by lamas
for reading Tibetan texts
(see further below)
for reading Tibetan texts
(see further below)
The two texts are volumes 2 (kha) and 4 (nga) of
a 25,000-verse Prajñāpāramitā,
part of Buddhist wisdom literature
a 25,000-verse Prajñāpāramitā,
part of Buddhist wisdom literature
(clicking or tapping on an image enlarges it)
The reading table is carved
and has Tibetan & Chinese designs:
The decorated box, with padlock,featured in a Spinks auction (London) in 1992
with an unclear inscription, probably damaged by the padlock
(lcags 'brug gsar bzos chos skyong ... gyi ... chas .... cha tshang skyabs)
With thanks to Malcolm Puttick -
ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ
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