Drangsong 042: sTag la spu gri nag po’i ’phrin las bzhugs pa’i dbus phyogs lags s+ho/ bkra shis/

Drangsong 042: sTag la spu gri nag po’i ’phrin las bzhugs pa’i dbus phyogs lags s+ho/ bkra shis/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 042 contains manual for the practice from the cycle of the meditational deity sTag la me ’bar the Black Razor.  It is composed of 12 folios. File naming convention within Drangsong_042.zip archive: Drangsong_042_001r.jpgDrangsong_042 → 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_042.zip (master scans of the manuscript pages with color checker),• Drangsong_042.pdf (containing presentation images of the manuscript pages),• Drangsong_042_miniatures.pdf (description of the first three miniatures),• Drangsong_042_001v.png (manuscript page sample),• Drangsong_042_backlites.zip (backlit samples),• Drangsong_042_fibres.zip (microscopic images),• Drangsong_042_macros.zip (in close-up samples),• Drangsong_042_XRF_analysis.png (X-ray fluorescence spectrometry).DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPTDetailed information on writing, materials, format, and layout is provided in a Readme.txt file attached to this dataset.

Drangsong 042: sTag la spu gri nag po’i ’phrin las bzhugs pa’i dbus phyogs lags s+ho/ bkra shis/
本数据集包含带有手写文本的手抄本册页影像，属于尼泊尔木斯塘（Mustang）地区皇家Drangsong藏文手稿收藏的一部分。
编号为Drangsong 042的手抄本内容为大黑锋（Black Razor，sTag la me ’bar）本尊的修持仪轨手册，全书共计12个对开页（folio）。
Drangsong_042.zip归档文件内的文件命名规则如下：
Drangsong_042_001r.jpg
其中，Drangsong_042代表收藏名称与编号，001代表页号，r / v分别代表正面（recto）与反面（verso）。

DRANGSONG项目（DRANGSONG PROJECT）
本数据集所含数据由2019-2024年间开展的DRANGSONG项目成员及合作者共同制作。标题与跋文（colophons）的翻译由Charles Ramble与Naljor Tsering完成，精选文本的转录由Nyima Drandul负责。Agnieszka Helman-Ważny拍摄了装帧风格、手稿形制与版式，以及纸张类型的特写及显微影像。Nils Martin负责图像说明，现场摄影文档则由Thomas Schrom与Rinchen Loden Lama完成。对纸张样本的详细研究与实验室分析由Agnieszka Helman-Ważny联合波兰华沙大学考古计量研究跨学科实验室（Barbara Wagner、Agata Szubartowska、Alicja Święcicka及Bartłomiej Witkowski）与华沙工业大学（Grażyna Zofia Żukowska）开展，采用了显微纤维分析、反射变换成像/多项式纹理映射（Reflectance Transformation Imaging/Polynomial Texture Maps，简称RTI/PTM）以及X射线荧光光谱法（X-ray fluorescence spectrometry，简称XRF）等综合分析方法。碳14（C14）测年分析由波兹南碳十四实验室（Poznań Radiocarbon Lab，Tomasz Goslar）完成。

项目详情（PROJECT DETAILS）
本项目编号为UMO-2018/30/M/HS3/00372，由波兰国家科学中心（The National Science Centre, Poland）在HARMONIA 10计划框架下资助，由波兰华沙大学新闻、信息与图书学院图书与媒体史系主持，合作方包括巴黎高等实践研究院（École Pratique des Hautes Études）与东方亚洲文明研究中心（Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l'Asie orientale，简称CRCAO）。
项目标题：《以藏文手稿守护王国：尼泊尔木斯塘皇家Drangsong藏文手稿收藏的写本学与历史分析》。
项目负责人（Principal Investigator，PI）：Agnieszka Helman-Ważny，邮箱：[e-mail]。
联合项目负责人（Co-Principal Investigator，co-PI）：Charles Ramble。

本项目旨在对藏传本教（Bön religion）独特的Drangsong手稿收藏开展写本学（codicological）与文本历史研究。该收藏以其保存地的本教僧侣传承命名，共计340件藏品，含3477张对开页、卡片或单张纸张，代表了曾为藏人王国、今为尼泊尔行政区的木斯塘国王祭司的仪轨总集。这些手稿涵盖了多样的形制、书写体、装饰、材质及其他写本学特征。自20世纪50至60年代该僧侣传承断绝后，这些文本便不再被使用。

本收藏的价值兼具两重性：其一，该收藏历经六个世纪从西藏各地与喜马拉雅地区汇集而来，其丰富的馆藏可通过物质与写本学分析进行研究，有助于我们理解该地区的书籍与造纸传统，以及藏文手稿制作的社会面向；其二，从内容层面而言，它为我们了解藏人王国的皇家宗教特质提供了窗口。这些手稿曾被用于为木斯塘王国、其臣民与王室成员开展护持与祈福仪式，了解制作实物所需的材质与仪轨实践，将有助于我们理解藏传社会中宗教、赞助与政治权威之间的互动关系。

数据集文件（DATASET FILES）
本数据集包含以下文件：
• Drangsong_042.zip（含带色卡的手稿页主扫描件）
• Drangsong_042.pdf（含手稿页展示图像）
• Drangsong_042_miniatures.pdf（前三幅细密画的说明文档）
• Drangsong_042_001v.png（手稿页样本）
• Drangsong_042_backlites.zip（背光扫描样本）
• Drangsong_042_fibres.zip（显微影像）
• Drangsong_042_macros.zip（特写样本）
• Drangsong_042_XRF_analysis.png（X射线荧光光谱法分析结果图）

手抄本说明（DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT）
本数据集附带的Readme.txt文件中提供了关于书写方式、材质、形制与版式的详细信息。