Contributors: Michela Clemente, Brandon Dotson, Amy Heller, Agnieszka Helman-Ważny, Matthew T. Kapstein, Karl E. Ryavec, Sam van Schaik, Hanna Schneider, and Jeff Wallman.Matthew T. Kapstein is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris and Associate of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. His many books include The Tibetans and The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism.

• Introduction1. The Material Basis2. Format and Layout3. The Written Text4. Marking the Text: Interventions of Scribes, Editors, and Readers5. Colophons6. Manuscript Illumination7. The Xylographic Print8. Conservation, Storage, and Cataloguing

These two volumes serve as both foundational texts for the field in the years to come as well as immense sources of inspiration for further inquiry into the rich history and material culture of Tibetan books.

Contributors: Michela Clemente, Brandon Dotson, Amy Heller, Agnieszka Helman-Ważny, Matthew T. Kapstein, Karl E. Ryavec, Sam van Schaik, Hanna Schneider, and Jeff Wallman.Matthew T. Kapstein is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris and Associate of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. His many books include The Tibetans and The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism.

• Introduction1. The Material Basis2. Format and Layout3. The Written Text4. Marking the Text: Interventions of Scribes, Editors, and Readers5. Colophons6. Manuscript Illumination7. The Xylographic Print8. Conservation, Storage, and Cataloguing

These two volumes serve as both foundational texts for the field in the years to come as well as immense sources of inspiration for further inquiry into the rich history and material culture of Tibetan books.

Contributors: Michela Clemente, Brandon Dotson, Amy Heller, Agnieszka Helman-Ważny, Matthew T. Kapstein, Karl E. Ryavec, Sam van Schaik, Hanna Schneider, and Jeff Wallman.Matthew T. Kapstein is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris and Associate of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. His many books include The Tibetans and The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism.

• Introduction1. The Material Basis2. Format and Layout3. The Written Text4. Marking the Text: Interventions of Scribes, Editors, and Readers5. Colophons6. Manuscript Illumination7. The Xylographic Print8. Conservation, Storage, and Cataloguing

These two volumes serve as both foundational texts for the field in the years to come as well as immense sources of inspiration for further inquiry into the rich history and material culture of Tibetan books.