Saved from Desert Sands : Re-discovering Objects on the Silk Roads /

Saved from Desert Sands : Re-discovering Objects on the Silk Roads /

Saved by 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...

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Other Authors: Galambos, Imre (Editor), Granger, Kelsey (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
East and West ; 18.

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Art History.
Material Studies.

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Call Number: N5305

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Conventions
  • List of Illustrations
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • 1 Re-discovering Objects: Material Culture on the Silk Roads
  • Kelsey Granger and Imre Galambos
  • 2 Insight into the Lives of Soldiers along the Hexi Corridor during the Western Han Dynasty
  • Arnaud Bertrand
  • 3 Writing beyond Han Boundaries: a Scribal Primer at the Niya Site
  • Christopher J. Foster
  • 4 Seals and Sealing Practices in the Kingdom of Kroraina
  • Tomas L. Høisæter
  • 5 The Social Life of a Tang Silver Dish
  • Hajni Elias
  • 6 A Pensive Prince or a Languid Lady? Tang Ceramics of Women Seated on Hourglass Stools
  • Kelsey Granger
  • 7 Dali Daggers: Buddhist Material Culture on the Southern Silk Road
  • Megan Bryson
  • 8 Reconsidering Stein Painting 14 of the Jinshan Kingdom in Tenth-Century Dunhuang
  • Luk Yu-ping
  • 9 How to Handle a Scroll? Evidence from Pelliot Chinois 3812
  • Nadine Bregler
  • 10 Manuscripts on the Move: a Codex's Journey from Lingzhou to Dunhuang
  • Jing Feng
  • 11 The Life and Afterlife of a Funerary Divination Scroll
  • Mélodie Doumy
  • Index.