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Category Archives: Scribal habits
Grid lines in medieval Chinese scrolls: Functionality or design?
Medieval manuscript scrolls are often ruled with grid lines to guide the hand of the calligrapher. These lines are a basic feature of most standard Buddhist and Taoist scrolls, which typically have 17 characters per line and 27-28 (or 31) … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, Chinese writing, Dunhuang, epigraphy, Palaeography, Scribal habits
Tagged functionality, grid lines, layout, Loulan, manuscripts
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Manuscripts and Travellers in your local bookstore
Sam van Schaik and Imre Galambos, Manuscripts and Travellers: The Sino-Tibetan Documents of a Tenth-Century Buddhist Pilgrim (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2012). Our book is finally out. It all started about 5 years ago when Sam asked me if I wanted to join … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, Aurel Stein, books, Dunhuang, Palaeography, published papers, Scribal habits, Tibetan, Travel
Tagged Chinese, manuscript, tibetan
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The earliest Chinese manuscript corrections
The Houma covenant texts (Houma mengshu 侯馬盟書) are a large group of jade and stone tablets from the early 5th century BC. Accordingly, they are 2,500 years old and were written approximately during the last years of the life of Confucius. … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese writing, Corrections, Mistakes, Palaeography, Scribal habits
Tagged manuscripts, scribal habits, texts
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