Handbook of Tibetan iconometry a guide to the arts of the 17th century / edited by Christoph Cüppers, Leonard vander Kuijp, Ulrich Pagel ; with a Chinese introduction by Dobis Tsering Gyal.

Other author Cüppers, Christoph.
Other author Kuijp, Leonard W. J. van der.
Other author Pagel, Ulrich.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill,
Descriptionx, 386 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 30 cm.
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SeriesBrill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 16/4
Brill's Tibetan studies library v. 16/4. ^A691445
Abstract The Handbook of Iconometry (ca. 1687) reproduces, in facsimile, a lavishly illustrated treatise describing the iconometic principles and measurements at the heart of the 17th-century art of Tibet. It includes over 150 drawings of buddhas, bodhisattvas and divinities, 70 script types and 14 stupa models from the rich world of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.
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LCCN 2011279794
ISBN9789004180147
ISBN9004180141