Saved from Desert Sands

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-69338-8
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: East and West

Saved from 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 brought to light thousands of manuscripts and artefacts. To date, textual content has largely been prioritised over physical objects and their materiality, but the material aspects of these objects are just as important. Focusing primarily on the material and non-textual, this volume presents studies on silver dishes, sealing systems, manuscripts, Buddhist paintings, and ceramics, all of which demonstrate the centrality of material culture in the study of the Silk Roads.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Granger, Kelsey

Galambos, Imre

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Materielle Kultur, Wirtschaftsethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Insights 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

Über Autor(innen)

Kelsey Granger, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, is an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. She focuses on material culture in seventh- to twelfth-century China with a particular interest in the commodification of the environment.

Imre Galambos, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, is a specialist of medieval Chinese manuscripts, primarily focusing on material
excavated from Dunhuang and Khara-khoto. He has published extensively on medieval Chinese manuscripts, approaching them from the
perspective of codicology and palaeography.