DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
1. Text number |
Drangsong 131 |
2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།།ཚེ་རིངས[རིང]བཅུ་གསུམ་གྱི་ཤུགས་འགོན[མགོན]བཞུགསྷོ།། |
3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
Tshe rings bcu gsum gyi shugs ’gon[mgon] bzhugs+ho/ |
4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
Rituals relating to thirteen kinds of objects that symbolise longevity |
5. Number of folios |
9 |
6. Scribe’s name |
None |
7. Translation of title |
The shug mgon (protector) ritual of the thirteen objects representing longevity |
8. Transcription of colophon |
Phran mnyon[smyon] pa khro ming gi[gis] bris/ zhu bdag[dag]/ bkra shis shog/ |
9. Translation of colophon |
I, the madman named Khro bo, wrote this. Proofread. Blessings. |
10. General remarks |
The thirteen objects that symbolize longevity are: the earth, mountains, trees, sky, sun, moon, stars, white paper, cypress trees, ducks, doves, stone mountains, running water. |
11. Remarks on script |
dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs |
12. Format |
Loose leaves |
13. Size |
9 × 34.5 cm |
14. Layout |
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15. Illustrations and decorations |
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16. Paper type |
Woven, 2 layers |
17. Paper thickness |
0.20–0.23 mm |
18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 9 |
19. Fibre analysis |
Daphne sp. with admixtures of single cotton fibres |
20. AMS 14C dating |
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21. XRF analysis |
Main elements: Ca, Fe Trace elements: K, S, Si, Cl, Ti |
22. RTI |
A) Rendering mode: Default B) Rendering mode: Diffuse Gain |
23. GCMS |
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