ETHAS 023111

Tibet ms. rituel (3 feuillets)

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023111
Manuscript of a Buddhist ritual
China, Yunnan, Nujiang (Salween) Valley, Gongshan
Early 20th century
Paper
Gift of Father Jules Detry in 1951

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Tibetan “ume” style writing (dbu.med). These few sheets were given by the “living Buddha” of the Changputong monastery (now Gongshan), in the Salween Valley, to Father Georges André (1891-1965), of the Paris Foreign Missions, who lived in eastern Tibet from 1921 to 1952. Father André then gave them to Father Jules Detry, canon of the Great St Bernard, during his journey to Tibet in 1949-1950.

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Writing

Asia has yielded the earliest signs of writing, through which man managed to materialise his discourse and so – by definition – emerge from Prehistory. Writing is also a decisive factor in identity and social cohesion. One of the very first writing systems is cuneiform, which appeared in Mesopotamia (Iraq) about 3500 BC.

Manuscripts

Handwritten texts provide a precious and moving testimony, because they directly reflect the materialisation of their authors’ thoughts. Writing materials varied: plant fibres, animal skins (parchment), engraved metal, dried or fired clay, etc. The oldest document on paper comes from China and dates from the 1st century AD.

Bibliograpy

  • Gros, Stéphane. 1996. "Terre de confins, terres de colonisation". Péninsule, 33 (1996), p.

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