Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

Description: This is the first issue of the Journal of the Tibet Society, published in 1981. Edited by Christopher I. Beckwith, the issue features articles by F.A. Bischoff, Helmut Eimer, Pema Tsering, Josef Kolmaš, Per Kværne, Roy Andrew Miller, Hugh Richardson, and Alex Wayman, as well as book reviews. (Ben Deitle 2005-12-16)

Table of Contents: Jäschke: sa vie at son oeuvre / F.A. (Frédéric A.) Bischoff -- A List of Abbots of Kaḣ-thog Monastery According to Handwritten Notes by the Late Katog Ontul / Helmut Eimer and Pema Tsering -- Index to Articles in the K'ang-tsang Yen-chiu Yüeh-K'an (a Contribution to the Bibliography of Tibet) / Josef Kolmaš -- Georg Morgenstierne and Tibetan Studies / Per Kværne -- Phonemic Theory and the Orthographic Practice in Old Tibetan / Roy Andrew Miller -- Armenians in India and Tibet / Hugh Edward Richardson -- Eine Kurze Abhandlung des Pha-Boṅ-kha-pa (1878-1941) über Mumifizierung / Helga Uebach -- Notes on the Phur-bu / Alex Wayman -- Review of M. Loewe & C. Blacker, eds., Oracles and Divination / Alexander W. Macdonald -- Review of Ngapo Ngawang Jigmei, et al., Tibet / Elliot Sperling -- Review of D. Snellgrove and H. E. Richardson: A Cultural History of Tibet / János Szerb.

Means of availability: Articles are available online within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database and from www.digitalhimalaya.com.