DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
1. Text number |
Drangsong 112 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།། ཕོ་ལྷ་འགྲོ་རྣག་བཞུགས་སོ།། དགེའོ།། |
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
Pho lha ’gro rnag bzhugs so// dge’o// |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
Ritual of offering to the rgyal po divinities |
5. Number of folios |
14 |
6. Scribe’s name |
None |
7. Translation of title |
The clan god ’Gro rnag |
8. Transcription of colophon |
bkra shis dpal ’bar ’dzam gling rgyan du shog/ |
9. Translation of colophon |
May blazing glory of auspiciousness be the ornament of the world. |
10. General remarks |
Immediately before the colophon is the phrase rgyal po ’khroṃ mchod rdzogs so, and the first page of the document also shows ’rgyal po khrom mchod, suggesting that the content of the document is not related to the meaning implied in the title, pho lha, the god of the clan, but concerns rgyal po divinities. It is possible that the original title has been altered, because there are traces of deletion above the existing title. |
11. Remarks on script |
dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs |
12. Format |
Loose leaves |
13. Size |
9.2 × 33.1 cm |
14. Layout |
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15. Illustrations and decorations |
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16. Paper type |
Woven, 1-2 layers, smooth, polishing traces |
17. Paper thickness |
0.14–0.16 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 4 |
19. Fibre analysis |
Daphne sp. |
20. AMS 14C dating |
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21. XRF analysis |
Main elements: Ca, S, Fe, K Trace elements: Cl, Si, P, Ti, Mn, Cu, Zn |
22. RTI |
A) Rendering mode: Default B) Rendering mode: Diffuse Gain |
23. GCMS |
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