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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1221/2 Subject Plants Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. EAP1221/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/2
Title:
Tsering Norbu Collection
Scope & Content:
The household collection of Tsering Norbu. A collection of medical texts and Spiti wedding song and speech texts.Custodial history: Material handed down from the current owner's father.Arrangement: A series of amchi (Tibetan medical) texts, kept in the owner's prayer room (not seen). Plus a singl...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
1800-2023
Extent:
495

2. EAP1221/2/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/2/2/1
Title:
A wedding text in the form of a paper scroll
Scope & Content:
An untitled text. But this is the stone text, an instructional document explaining the eighty stones, an important ritual performed during large traditinal Spiti weddings. (Tib. ཐོ་རབས་བརྒྱད་བཅུ Wylie tho rabs brgyad bcu) The document illustrates how to set up the Tho, the piles of stones, of whi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
10