Drangsong 240: sTag la tho bzhi/; sTag la me ’bar sngags kyi[kyis] rgyud las snaṃs shes bsad pa’i sngags rings bzhugs+ho/; bsTag[stag] la’i bkra shis bhzugs pa legs+ho/

Drangsong 240: sTag la tho bzhi/; sTag la me ’bar sngags kyi[kyis] rgyud las snaṃs shes bsad pa’i sngags rings bzhugs+ho/; bsTag[stag] la’i bkra shis bhzugs pa legs+ho/.This dataset contains photographs of the manuscript pages with handwritten text. It is a part of the royal Drangsong collection from Mustang, Nepal.The manuscript Drangsong 240 contains summoning the four great guardians from the four directions, annihilating all the ghosts and demons that approach from all sides. Through reciting mantras, attaining accomplishments, and ultimately offering praise for auspiciousness.  It is composed of 3 (1+1+1) folios. File naming convention within Drangsong_240.zip archive: Drangsong_240_001r.jpgDrangsong_240 → collection name and number 001 → page numberr / v → recto / versoDRANGSONG PROJECTThe data included here were produced by the members and collaborators of the Drangsong project conducted in the years 2019-2024. Translations of titles and colophons were done by Charles Ramble and Naljor Tsering, transcriptions of selected texts by Nyima Drandul. The features such as bookbinding style, format and layout of manuscripts, as well as the type of paper illustrated with close-up and microscopic images, were taken by Agnieszka Helman-Ważny. The illustrations were described by Nils Martin, and the photographic documentation taken in situ was done by Thomas Schrom and Rinchen Loden Lama. Detailed studies and laboratory analyses of paper samples were carried out by Agnieszka Helman-Wazny in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Archaeometric Research at the University of Warsaw (Barbara Wagner, Agata Szubartowska, Alicja Święcicka, and Bartłomiej Witkowski) and Warsaw University of Technology (Grażyna Zofia Żukowska), using integrated methods such as microscopic fibre analysis, Reflectance Transformation Imaging/Polynomial Texture Maps (RTI / PTM), and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF). The C14 analyses were performed at the Poznań Radiocarbon Lab (Tomasz Goslar).PROJECT DETAILSThe Project No. UMO-2018/30/M/HS3/00372 funded by The National Science Centre, Poland, in the framework of the HARMONIA 10 program, hosted by the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Bibliology, Department of Books, and Media History, University of Warsaw, Poland in a partnership with the École Pratique des Hautes Études and the Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l'Asie orientale (CRCAO), Paris.Title: Protecting the Kingdom with Tibetan Manuscripts: codicological and historical analysis of the royal Drangsong collection from Mustang, Nepal.Project PI: Agnieszka Helman-Ważny [e-mail] co PI: Charles RambleThe aim of this project was to carry out a codicological and text-historical study of a unique collection of manuscripts, named Drangsong, belonging to the Bön religion of Tibet. It is named after the lineage of Bönpo priests in whose house it is kept. The collection, consisting of 340 different items with a total of 3,477 folios, cards, or individual sheets of paper, represents the ritual repertoire of the priests of the kings of Mustang, once a Tibetan kingdom and now a district of Nepal. The manuscripts exemplify the variety of forms, scripts, decorations, materials and other codicological features. The texts have not been used since the priestly line ended in the 1950s or 60s. The value of this collection is twofold: first, the collection was assembled from different parts of Tibet and the Himalaya over six centuries, and offers a rich body of material which can be retrieved by material and codicological analyses that will contribute to our understanding of book and paper making traditions in the region, as well as social aspects of Tibetan manuscript production; and secondly, in terms of its content, it offers a window onto the nature of royal religion in a Tibetan kingdom. These manuscripts were used in rituals for the protection and prosperity of the kingdom of Mustang, its subjects and members of royal lineage; knowledge of the materials and ritual practices involved in the creation of physical objects will help to understand the interaction between religion, patronage and political authority in Tibetan society.DATASET FILESThe dataset contains files:• Drangsong_240.zip (master scans of the manuscript pages with color checker),• Drangsong_240.pdf (containing presentation images of the manuscript pages),• Drangsong_240_001r.png (manuscript page sample),• Drangsong_240_backlites.zip (backlit samples),• Drangsong_240_macros.zip (in close-up samples).DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPTDetailed information on writing, materials, format, and layout is provided in a Readme.txt file attached to this dataset.

Drangsong 240: sTag la tho bzhi/; sTag la me ’bar sngags kyi[kyis] rgyud las snaṃs shes bsad pa’i sngags rings bzhugs+ho/; bsTag[stag] la’i bkra shis bhzugs pa legs+ho/.本数据集包含手写文本的手稿页面照片，是尼泊尔木斯塘（Mustang）王室Drangsong藏品的一部分。Drangsong 240手稿内容包括召唤四方四大护法、消灭八方来犯的一切鬼魅与恶魔，通过念诵咒语获得成就，并最终祈福吉祥。

DRANGSONG项目
本数据集收录的资料由2019-2024年开展的Drangsong项目成员及合作者产出。标题与题跋的翻译由Charles Ramble和Naljor Tsering完成，部分文本的转写由Nyima Drandul负责。手稿的装订风格、版式布局、纸张类型等特征（含特写与显微图像）由Agnieszka Helman-Ważny拍摄记录；插图描述由Nils Martin完成；实地摄影记录由Thomas Schrom和Rinchen Loden Lama负责。纸张样本的详细研究与实验室分析由Agnieszka Helman-Wazny联合华沙大学跨学科考古计量研究实验室（Barbara Wagner、Agata Szubartowska、Alicja Święcicka、Bartłomiej Witkowski）及华沙理工大学（Grażyna Zofia Żukowska）开展，采用显微纤维分析、反射变换成像/多项式纹理映射（RTI/PTM）、X射线荧光光谱法（XRF）等整合方法。碳14分析由波兹南放射性碳实验室（Tomasz Goslar）完成。

项目详情
项目编号UMO-2018/30/M/HS3/00372，由波兰国家科学中心在HARMONIA 10项目框架下资助，主办单位为波兰华沙大学新闻、信息与文献学学院书籍与媒体史系，合作单位为巴黎高等研究实践学院及东亚文明研究中心（CRCAO）。
标题：《以西藏手稿守护王国：尼泊尔木斯塘王室Drangsong藏品的文献学与历史学分析》
项目负责人：Agnieszka Helman-Ważny（邮箱：[e-mail]）
联合负责人：Charles Ramble
本项目旨在对属于西藏苯教（Bön）的独特手稿藏品Drangsong进行文献学与文本历史学研究。该藏品以保存它的苯教僧侣家族命名，包含340件不同物品，共计3477张对开页、卡片或单页纸张，代表了木斯塘国王的僧侣们的仪式文献汇编——木斯塘曾为西藏王国，现为尼泊尔的一个地区。这些手稿体现了形式、文字、装饰、材料及其他文献学特征的多样性。自1950或60年代该僧侣家族断绝后，这些文本便不再被使用。
该藏品的价值体现在两方面：其一，它是六个世纪以来从西藏及喜马拉雅地区不同部分汇集而成，提供了丰富的材料，通过物质与文献学分析可还原该地区书籍与造纸传统，以及西藏手稿制作的社会层面；其二，从内容上看，它为了解西藏王国的王室宗教本质提供了窗口。这些手稿用于保护木斯塘王国及其臣民与王室成员繁荣的仪式中；了解这些实物创作所涉及的材料与仪式实践，将有助于理解西藏社会中宗教、赞助与政治权威之间的互动。

数据集文件
数据集包含以下文件：
• Drangsong_240.zip（含色彩校准卡的手稿页面主扫描件）
• Drangsong_240.pdf（含手稿页面展示图片）
• Drangsong_240_001r.png（手稿页面样本）
• Drangsong_240_backlites.zip（背光样本）
• Drangsong_240_macros.zip（特写样本）

手稿描述
关于书写、材料、格式与布局的详细信息见本数据集附带的Readme.txt文件。