In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, Receptacle of the Sacred explores how and why the South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for al…
The ancient book.--The text of Greek authors in ancient times.--The text of Latin authors in ancient times.--The history of Latin texts from the age of Charlemagne to the Italian renaissance.--Rece…
In his lavishly illustrated new study, Henry Ginsburg describes a wide range of Thai manuscripts and other documents in European and North American collections, discussing each in its religious and…