Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings: Illuminated Manuscript from the White Beryl of Sangs-rgyas rGya-mtsho with the Moonbeams treatise of Lo-chen Dharmasri
Auteur: Dorje, Gyurme
London, John Eskenazi, Ltd. in Association with Sam Fogg - 2001
Luxury edition in box - 45x36cm, 432-page folio with hundreds of full page reproductions, including fold-outs, features high quality color reproductions of illuminated manuscripts from the White Beryl.
Staat: zo goed als nieuw - as new condition
This extraordinary pu blication represents a landmark in both Tibetan studies and the art of bookmaking. It presents for the first time two magnificent 18-century manuscripts illuminating in exquisite detail little-known practices of elemental divination as described in The White Beryl -- an important 17-century treatise written by Sangs-rgyas rGya-mtsho (1653-1705), regent to the Fifth Dalai Lama. The manuscripts depict the zodiac of Indian astrology, the cakra diagrams of martial conquest, and the elaborate charts of Chinese elemental divination. Accompanying the images is a detailed summary of the White Beryl text, an extensive commentary, and the first English translation of a related text known as Moonbeams.
Ref. W1279
