The book under review, published in memory of the Tibetan scholar Yonten Gyatso (mDo smad pa Yon tan rgya mtsho, 1932–2002), commences with a preface (pp. 9–11) and brief report on his life and works (pp. 13–17). The body of the book contains twenty contributions devoted to various aspects of textual traditions within the Tibetan cultural sphere over different periods, mainly focusing on (a) traditional textual scholarship—including translation practices, textual criticism, editorial practices, literary criticism, and issues relating to transmission—and (b) the culture of the book—including the practicalities of compilation, the production of both manuscripts and xylographs, and in general anything that has to do with codicology—while also touching upon related areas, such as epigraphy (from a paleographical point of view) and political and economic aspects of the culture of the book. The volume contains papers presented during a conference of the same title that took place in Paris in...
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