LJS 197 Funeral chant pictographs
Title
Funeral chant pictographsOther related names
- Stanitz, John D, former owner
Call number
LJS 197(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 5763016
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5763016
Publisher
The University of Pennsylvania LibrariesLanguage
NaxiOrigin
Written in southwest China in the late 19th or early 20th century.
- Date
- between 1885 and 1915
- Place
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China
Summary
Prompts for chants performed from memory by a priest (tombra or dongba) at funeral ceremonies.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent
11 leaves : 93 x 286 mm. bound to 93 x 286 mmCollation
Paper, 11; 1-11¹.Support
PaperBinding
Sewn at left edge.Layout
Script
Provenance
- Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 28.
- Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
- Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Subjects topical
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--China
- Naxi (Chinese people)--Rites and ceremonies
- Naxi language--Texts
- Naxi language--Writing
- Picture-writing--Specimens
Genres
- Codices
- Pictographs
- Manuscripts, Naxi--19th century
- Manuscripts, Naxi--20th century
- Manuscripts, Digital
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