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Image Number:
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Bookreader Mo-So MS 93
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Reference Number:
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Mo-So MS 93
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Date Created:
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[date not identified]
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Description:
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The Na-khi or Mo-So people lived in a remote area of South-West China, close to the Tibetan border. Both pictographic and syllabic texts occur in the collection, which largely consists of notebooks made by dto-mbas, or shamans, for the performance of secret ritual ceremonies. Knowledge of the ceremonies was passed from father to son, with the books serving as aids to memory rather than literal texts. Some of the items are decorated, and a few contain Chinese and Tibetan translations. Na-khi manuscripts are written on handmade paper, and are oblong in shape. Pages are ruled horizontally, providing three or five sections for the script, which is written from left to right.
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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105 mm
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Item Width:
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250 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Forrest, George, 1873-1932, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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Jackson, A. “Mo-So Magical Texts.” Mo-So Magical Texts, 1965, pp. Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. 1965;48(1):141–174
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-09-15
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-10
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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