Scribal Technique and Birch Bark Folio Repair Utilized in the Production of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Dīrghāgama Manuscript by a Scriptorium in Gilgit Around the 8th Century CE

Charles DiSimone

doi:10.29213/crbs..25.201904.9

This article examines aspects of the production of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Dīrghāgama (Collection of Long Discourses) manuscript produced in or around the area of Gilgit in Pakistan that was discovered in last decade of the 20th century. The manuscript was the product of a long copying tradition and the only extant witness was copied by a scriptorium consisting of several scribes. The techniques used by a pair of scribes referred to as Scribe C and Scribe D are discussed demonstrating their unique collaboration to copy this manuscript. Interlinear marks left by these scribes on birch bark folios will be discussed with the hope that in pointing out such marks, which appear to be relatively unique to a particular scribe, we will be able to identify the work of certain scribes across manuscripts. The second portion of the article discusses the phenomenon of repair made to the birch bark folios of the Dīrghāgama manuscript as well as pointing out similar instances of repair in other manuscripts from the Gilgit area. These repairs to manuscripts raise questions concerning the production of birch bark folios and how they were selected and used by Buddhist manuscript traditions in Gilgit in the first millennium of the Common Era.

Citation status

KCI Citation Counts (0)
REFERENCES (14)
열림/닫힘 버튼
* 2022년 이후 발행 논문의 참고문헌은 현재 구축 중입니다.

[book] Clarke, Shayne / 2014 / Gilgit Manuscripts in the National Archives of India, Facsimile Edition Vol. I / The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University & The National Archives

[journal] Charles DiSimone / 2017 / Intertextuality, Contradiction, and Confusion in the Prasādanīya-sūtra, Sampasādanīya-sutta, and 自歡喜經 (Zì huānxǐ jīng) / Buddhist Studies Review / Equinox Publishing 33(1-2) : 141~162 / 10.1558/bsrv.31644.

[book] DiSimone, Charles / 2018 / Reading Slowly: A Festschrift for Jens E. Braarvig / Harrassowitz Verlag : 137~157

[book] Hartmann, Jens-Uwe / 2014 / Research on the Dīrgha-āgama / Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation : 135~166

[confproc] Hartmann, Jens-Uwe / 2009 / The Manuscript of the Dīrghāgama and the Private Collection in Virginia / From Birch Bark to Digital Data: Recent Advances in Buddhist Manuscript Research: Papers Presented at the Conference, Indic Buddhist Manuscripts: the State of the Field / Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften : 137~156

[confproc] Hinüber, Oskar von / 2009 / The Gilgit Manuscripts: An Ancient Buddhist Library in Modern Research / From Birch Bark to Digital Data: Recent Advances in Buddhist Manuscript Research: Papers Presented at the Conference, Indic Buddhist Manuscripts: the State of the Field / Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.nide : 79~135

[book] Karashima, Seishi / 2016 / Gilgit Manuscripts in the National Archives of India, Facsimile Edition Vol. II.1 / The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University & The National Archives

[book] Kudo, Noriyuki / 2017 / Gilgit Manuscripts in the National Archives of India, Facsimile Edition Vol. III / The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University & The National Archives

[book] Kudo, Noriyuki / 2018 / Gilgit Manuscripts in the National Archives of India, Facsimile Edition Vol. II.3 / The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University & The National Archives

[thesis] Melzer, Gudrun / 2010 / Ein Abschnitt aus dem Dīrghāgama / PhD / Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität

[book] Melzer, Gudrun / 2014 / Manuscript Cultures: Mapping the Field / de Gruyter : 227~272

[book] Mette, Adelheid / 2017 / Gilgit Manuscripts in the National Archives of India, Facsimile Edition Vol. II.4 / The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University & The National Archives

[book] Skilling, Peter / 2002 / Vividharatnakaraṇḍ akakathā, Festgabe für Adelheid Mette / Indica et Tibetica : 373~377

[book] Takakusu. Junjirō / 1896 / A Record of the Buddhist Religion as Practised in India and the Malay archipelago (A.D. 671-695) / Clarendon Press : 671~695

KJC Korea
Journal Central

Statistics

Tools

Sharing

Issue List

Citation status