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EAP1077/1

Record Id:

032-003688638

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003688638

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100106095880.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

EAP1077/1

Title:

The books (pecha) belonging to Gyalo Household

Scope & Content:

This is one of six collections of Tibetan manuscripts, which belong to six Bonpo households in Qinghai Province, digitised by the EAP1077 project team.

The manuscript texts in this collection belong to the individual Ngakpa Gyalo household. They are all kept on bookshelves, wrapped in cotton cloth and include traditional unbound and hand written Tibetan texts on paper of different size (pecha). Ngakpa are lay religious practitioners who are experts in meditation practices and esoteric scriptures, active as ritual masters, sorcers and healers, nowadays mainly in rural Tibetan communities. The collection concern rituals, meditation practices, philosophy, astrology and invocation texts that are used for individual and group practice at different times of the year.

Extent: 1 volume containing 625 folios (14 texts).

Custodial history: The material is owned by Ngakpa Gyalo and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of this Ngakpa family.

Collection Area:

Endangered Archives Programme

Project / Collection:

Tibetan Bonpo Manuscripts in Amdo (Qinghai and Gansu Provinces, PRC)

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003688638

Is part of:

not applicable

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003688638

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1077/1

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

625 TIFF images

Digitised Content:

https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP1077-1

Thumbnail:

Languages:

Tibetan

Scripts:

Tibetan

Start Date:

1900

End Date:

1949

Date Range:

1st half of the 20th century

Era:

Latitude (Decimal):

35.78062

Longitude (Decimal):

96.4571

Latitude (Degree):

N 35°46’50”

Longitude (Degree):

E 96°27’26”

Place of Origin:

China

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User Conditions:

Access is for research purposes only

Custodial History:

Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP1077 "Preservation of Tibetan Bonpo Manuscripts in Amdo (Qinghai and Gansu Provinces, PRC)" project.

Source of Acquisition:

Received from project holder Dr Valentina Punzi, July 2019 (accession record EAP1077/1)

Arrangement:

All the volumes (pecha) are stored behind the house altar in a room of the house and were taken to the courtyard to be photograhed according to the same order that they were given by the owner. Traditional Tibetan loose folios' pecha format book with top and bottom cover plates made of wood and wrapped in cloth for protection

Administrative Context:

EAP1077/1 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. It created digital copies of records located in The original material is located in Kyungmo village, Guide County (Qinghai Province, China).

Information About Copies:

Digital copies are also held by Tibetan Studies College of Minzu University (Beijing, China)

Information About Originals:

The original material is located in Kyungmo village, Guide County (Qinghai Province, China)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Astrology
Buddhism
Customs and traditions
Folklore
Philosophy
Rites and Ceremonies

Places:

China, Asia
Qinghai Province, China