TY - JOUR A1 - Almogi, O. A1 - Kindzorra, Emanuel A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Rabin, Ira T1 - Inks, pigments, paper: in quest of unveiling the history of the production of a tibetan buddhist manuscript collection from the tibetan-nepalese borderlands T2 - Journal of the international association of buddhist studies N2 - The Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project (NGMPP) microfilmed two sets of the rNying margyud 'bum: in 1989 the set stored in the National Archives in Kathmandu (NAK) and in 1992 another set during an expedition to Nubri, Samagaon. Both microfilming were carried out under the local director of the Nepal Research Centre (NRC) in Kathmandu, and who has also discussed the two (and other) rNying ma rgyud 'bum sets on several occasions.2 The NAK and Nubri rNying ma rgyud 'bum sets were extensively studied and catalogued (Almogi) within the framework of the Tibetology sub-project "The Manuscript Collections of supervision of Franz-Karl Ehrhard, who was at the time the the Ancient Tantras (rNying ma rgyud 'bum): An Examination of Variance," conducted at the Researcher Group "Manuscript Cultures in Asia and Africa," University of Hamburg (2008-2011). PB - Dep. CY - Lausanne KW - Writing materials KW - Paper KW - XRF KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2015 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/34615 AN - OPUS4-34615 SN - 0193-600X VL - 36/37 SP - 93 EP - 118 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany