Saved from Desert Sands

Re-discovering Objects on the Silk Roads

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Saved from Desert Sands, edited by Kelsey Granger and Imre Galambos, unites historians, codicologists, art historians, archaeologists, and curators in the study of material culture on the Silk Roads. The re-discovery of forgotten manuscript archives and sand-buried cities in the twentieth century has brought to light thousands of manuscripts and artefacts. To date, textual content has largely been prioritised over physical objects and their materiality, but the material aspects of these objects are just as important. Focusing primarily on the material and non-textual, this volume presents studies on silver dishes, sealing systems, manuscripts, Buddhist paintings, and ceramics, all of which demonstrate the centrality of material culture in the study of the Silk Roads.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-10-17
Mått155 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt656 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEast and West
Antal sidor302
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004693388

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Kelsey Granger, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, is an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. She focuses on material culture in seventh- to twelfth-century China with a particular interest in the commodification of the environment.Imre Galambos, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, is a specialist of medieval Chinese manuscripts, primarily focusing on materialexcavated from Dunhuang and Khara-khoto. He has published extensively on medieval Chinese manuscripts, approaching them from theperspective of codicology and palaeography.

AcknowledgementsConventionsList of IllustrationsNotes on the Contributors1 Re-discovering Objects: Material Culture on the Silk RoadsKelsey Granger and Imre Galambos2 Insights into the Lives of Soldiers along the Hexi Corridor during the Western Han DynastyArnaud Bertrand3 Writing beyond Han Boundaries: A Scribal Primer at the Niya SiteChristopher J. Foster4 Seals and Sealing Practices in the Kingdom of KrorainaTomas L. Høisæter5 The Social Life of a Tang Silver DishHajni Elias6 A Pensive Prince or a Languid Lady? Tang Ceramics of Women Seated on Hourglass StoolsKelsey Granger7 Dali Daggers: Buddhist Material Culture on the Southern Silk RoadMegan Bryson8 Reconsidering Stein Painting 14 of the Jinshan Kingdom in Tenth-Century DunhuangLuk Yu-ping9 How to Handle a Scroll? Evidence from Pelliot Chinois 3812Nadine Bregler10 Manuscripts on the Move: A Codex’s Journey from Lingzhou to DunhuangJing Feng11 The Life and Afterlife of a Funerary Divination ScrollMélodie DoumyIndex