Drangsong No. 257

DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS

1. Text number Drangsong 257
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan No title
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents A ritual text related to the “Four Hundred Rites for Averting Calamities,” particularly focusing on the aspects related to averting disasters.
5. Number of folios 2
6. Scribe’s name
7. Translation of title
8. Transcription of colophon
9. Translation of colophon
10. General remarks
11. Remarks on script ’bru tsha, dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs
12. Format Loose leaves
13. Size
14. Layout
15. Illustrations and decorations
16. Paper type Laid patchy, woven, 1 layer, smooth
17. Paper thickness 0.04–0.08 mm
18. Nos of folio sampled f. 2 upper margin middle right area
19. Fibre analysis
20. AMS 14C dating
21. XRF analysis
22. RTI
23. GCMS


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