Handbook of Tibetan Iconometry

A Guide to the Arts of the 17th Century

The Handbook of Iconometry (Tibetan title: Cha tshad kyi dpe ris
Dpyod ldan yid gsos) constitutes a lavishly illustrated treatise
Pages: x, 386 pp. (320 full-color
laying down the iconometic principles and measurements at the
facsimiles)
heart of the 17th-century art of Tibet. The book was produced in ca.
1687 at the instigation of the famous scholar and statesman sde srid Language: English
Sangs rgyas rgya mtsho (1653–1705). Today, the original is kept in Subjects: Religion, Asian
the Tibet Autonomous Region Archives (Lhasa). The Handbook Studies, General, Art History
includes more than 150 meticulously prepared drawings of Publisher: Brill
buddhas, bodhisattvas and divinities, 70 script types and 14 stupa
models all extrapolated from the rich heritage of Indo-Tibetan Series: 
Buddhist art. These are accompanied by an introduction charting Brill's Tibetan Studies Library,
the production of the Handbook in the 17th century and the Volume: 28
scholarly pro le of its principal author Sangs rgyas rgya mtsho. In E-Book (PDF)
the appendix, it reproduces passages from the Vaiḍurya g.Ya' sel Publication Date: 22 Jun 2012
that provide valuable additional information about the
ISBN: 978-90-47-44464-0
illustrations.
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Readership EUR  €116.00 / USD  $146.00

Hardback
All those interested in the arts of Tibet, Tibetan history, Tibetan Publication Date: 22 Jun 2012
painting, Tibetan Iconometry and Tibetan culture in general. ISBN: 978-90-04-18014-7
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EUR  €116.00 / USD  $146.00
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