MLA News

MLA News
Author: Medical Library Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1999
Genre: Medical libraries
ISBN:

IFLA Annual Report

IFLA Annual Report
Author: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Publisher:
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2003
Genre: International librarianship
ISBN:

Buddhism Illuminated

Buddhism Illuminated
Author: San San May
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0295744499

Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia are centers for the preservation of local artistic traditions. Chief among these are manuscripts, a vital source for our understanding of Buddhist ideas and practices in the region. They are also a beautiful art form, too little understood in the West. The British Library has one of the richest collections of Southeast Asian manuscripts, principally from Thailand and Burma, anywhere in the world. It includes finely painted copies of Buddhist scriptures, literary works, historical narratives, and works on traditional medicine, law, cosmology, and fortune-telling. Buddhism Illuminated includes over one hundred examples of Buddhist art from the Library’s collection, relating each manuscript to Theravada tradition and beliefs, and introducing the historical, artistic, and religious contexts of their production. It is the first book in English to showcase the beauty and variety of Buddhist manuscript art and reproduces many works that have never before been photographed.