The Zhangzhung Nyengyü 'Tsakalis': A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis
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Edited by:
Agnieszka Helman-Ważny
About this book
This volume traces the history of a set of Tibetan tsakalis, consisting of sixty-five initiation cards that survived the mass destruction of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The set was eventually brought to Europe, the details of its origins having been lost. These tsakalis belong to the material culture of the Zhangzhung Nyengyü tradition, part of the Dzogchen practice common to both the Bon religion as well as certain schools of Buddhism. Used as a tool for transmitting knowledge from master to student, the cards document the transmission lineage of the Zhangzhung Nyengyü teachings.
The contributions to this volume each study the same object, but with different methodological approaches and tools to reveal its many facets. The authors are specialists in a range of fields including anthropology, art history, codicology, heritage science, artificial intelligence and archaeometry. This holistic research approach places the material object front and centre, exploring the creative process that transformed it from concept to artefact, then connecting the object with the rituals and people who used it to reconstruct a full account of its production, use and preservation.
Author / Editor information
Agnieszka Helman-Ważny, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin; University of Hamburg, Germany; University of Warsaw, Poland.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 Tsakali Illuminated Cards: Physical Description, Function and Context
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Chapter 2 The Teachings of the Dzogchen Zhangzhung Nyengyü System and Their Transmission
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Chapter 3 Art-historical Analysis of the Tsakali Collection
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Chapter 4 Multispectral Imaging (MSI) and Statistical Image Processing to Analyse Pigment Distribution and Diverse Material Features
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Chapter 5 Analysing the Visual Patterns of the Zhangzhung Nyengyü Tsakali Collection Using Machine-Learning Approaches
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Chapter 6 Multiscale Microscopic Analysis of the Paper and Fibres of the Tsakali
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Chapter 7 The Application of Small- and Wide-angle X-ray Scattering to the Study of the Paper Support and Pigment Distribution
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Chapter 8 Analysis of Paper Components with FTIR (DRIFTS) Spectroscopy
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Chapter 9 Multi-instrumental Analysis of Pigments and Dyes
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Chapter 10 Radiocarbon Dating of Tsakali Paper
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Epilogue
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Appendix
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References
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Contributors
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General Index
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