farfel_n09_080_610

610
Bold Batzayer (goldensq@mongol.net)
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Dec. '04 (pumbark)
$49.99

Black Manuscript book - 24 x 8.2 cm.
See #609 #612 #642 MongoliaL 18-19 C? gold on indigo paper
7 leaves of composite paper
completely died dark blue + subsequently
overpainted in black and varnished a central panel
of 19x5.7cm. Written in gold ink on
6 and 4 lines per page in 2 sizes of
uchen - Tibetan dbu-can script within gold
borders. 5 leaves written on both sides
with the opening cover leaf having just
a single line of script. Pothi format.
-numbered 1-6 in left margin
-Tibetan script runs from left to right on a
horizontal line wo a special sign (*) tseg
placed between each syllable
-Tibetan writing was adopted to Mongolian
(the Tibetan-Mongolian script beign known
as Hphags-pa) + even ot Chinese.
-Tibetans number their texts ABC etc.
according to the order of the Tibetan alphabet:
KA, KHA, GA, NGA, CA, CHA etc.
-The 3 modern editions of the Tibetan Buddhist
canon are those of the text as transmitted in
Tibet iteslf called the sDe-ge, edited by Ui +
others, that as used by the Tibetan monasteries
near Peking (Rehe) + printed there by Imperial
decree edited by Suzuki + that as used in
Mongolia (Ulan Baton) edited by Bethlenfalvy.
-The varnished blue or black surfaces of
Buddhist sutra manuscripts are interpreted
as "the clear empty space, the void from
which all things arise."