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Copying from Wooden Originals? Investigating the Materiality and Rationale for Holes in the Tablets from the Library of Ashurbanipal

open access: yesKaskal
This study investigates the material characteristics and potential functions of the holes found on Neo-Assyrian cuneiform tablets from the Library of Ashurbanipal.
Corò, Paola, Ermidoro, Stefania
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Self-Portrait and Portrait in Armenian Medieval Miniature Painting

open access: yesКонцепт: философия, религия, культура
The relevance of interdisciplinary research on medieval cultural phenomena is due to their considerable influence on later societal development. Despite the considerable attention that Armenian medieval miniatures have already received from scholars in ...
G. S. Terzyan   +2 more
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On a Particular Aspect of the Identification of Tibetan Xylographs: Preliminary Remarks on the Importance of Craftsmen

open access: yesKervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2017
This essay briefly discusses the early history of Tibetan printing by comparing some facets of this subject with the European phenomenon. Printing started to be a means of dissemination of texts in Tibet and Europe at roughly the same time.
Michela Clemente
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THE USE OF THE ABOGE CALENDAR IN THE JAMBI MANUSCRIPTS: Power and Cultural Relations between Sultanates

open access: yesJournal of Indonesian Islam
This article aims to describe the use of the Aboge calendar system in Jambi Sultanate manuscripts and analyze the historical context of the period. The research used the philological method to elaborate the manuscripts and then applied historical and ...
Irmawati Sagala, Tasnim Rahman Fitra
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Constructing Wang Wei and the Southern School with the Snowy Stream: A Financial and Rhetorical Story of Dong Qichang

open access: yesArts
This study deals with the painting Snowy Stream, which is often used to represent the style of the poet painter Wang Wei (699–761). This album leaf, with several colophons by Dong Qichang, was long believed to have been in his collection.
Yi Zhao
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Textual Legacies of Javanese-Penginyongan Pesantren:

open access: yesMillati: Journal of Islamic Studies and Humanities
This article examines Kitab Kuning manuscripts preserved in Javanese–Penginyongan pesantren from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century (1890s–1970s) through a codicological and philological lens. It identifies two dominant textual formations:
Mohamad Sobirin, Ali Muhdi
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Filiality in Print: Material and Visual Strategies of Buddhist–Confucian Integration in the Joseon Dynasty

open access: yesReligions
During the Joseon Dynasty, Korean Buddhism intentionally negotiated its survival and ongoing relevance in response to the predominance of Neo-Confucian state ideology by aligning Buddhist teaching with Confucian ethical ideals, especially filial piety ...
Jin Son, Hogui Kim
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The linkage of Islamic intellectual traditions in Bali with Malay world

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies
This article intends to fill the lack of knowledge about Islamic intellectual traditions and networks in Bali by showing Islamic manuscripts found in an Islamic village in Karangasem Regency, namely Kampung Saren Jawa.
Agus Iswanto   +3 more
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The origin of the Tatars in Armenian historiography: the People of Magog or the clan of Тorgom?

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение
This article analyzes the origins of the Tatars in Armenian historiography of the 13th–15th centuries. The aim of the study is to systematize and analyze known and previously unstudied references to the Tatars in Armenian written sources, as well as to ...
Margaryan G.
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