Title: Indigenous methods and manuscript preservation /
Authors: Sah, Anupam; National Mission for Manuscripts (India)
Publisher: National Mission for Manuscripts : D.K. Printworld,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Manuscripts Conservation and restoration India Congresses.
Abstract: Contributed articles presented at the Seminar.
Contents: Anupam Sah: Introduction O.P. Agrawal: Keynote Address 1. G.N. Devy: Learning and Aphasia: Reflections on India₂s Oral Traditions 2. Heather Brown: The Sacred Thread 3. K.K. Gupta: An Introduction to the Traditional Practices for the Control of Bio-Deterioration of Manuscripts 4. C.N.K. Alahakoon: Indigenous Conservation Practices for Palm-leaf Manuscripts in India 5. Bhupen Goswamee: Traditional Method of Sancipat Making and Preparation of Ink in Ancient Assam 6. Utpal Das: Sancipat Tradition: A Study in the Majuli Island of Assam 7. Sudhendu Mandal / Sanjay Kumar Maiti: Scientific Analysis of Traditional Indigenous Methods of Manuscript Preservation 8. S. Subbaraman: The Use of Turmeric in the Preservation of Manuscripts 9. Imtiaz Ahmad: Traditional Methods of Conservation of Paper Manuscripts: As Gleaned from Two Persian Texts 10. Shreenand L. Bapat: Awareness and Practices of Manuscript Preservation in Ancient and Medieval India: A Review of Literary Evidence 11. V. Jeyaraj: Traditional Practices and Palm-leaf Manuscripts in Tamil Nadu 12. C. Maheswaran: Manuscript Conservation in the Shaivite Mathas of the Erode District of Tamil Nadu 13. S.K. Das: Indigenous Practices and Materials for Conservation of Manuscripts in Libraries 14. P. Perumal: Palm-leaf Manuscripts and Indigenous Conservation Practices at the Saraswati Mahal Library, Thanjavur 15. Maltesh Motebennur / Nawang Phuntso: The Manuscripts of the Tawang Monastery 16. W.H. Siddiqui: Manuscript Conservation Methods Employed at the Rampur Raza Library 17. Ritu Jain: Paper Making at Sanganer: Changes Over Time 18. Jitendra B. Shah: The Jain Approach to the Conservation of Manuscripts 19. Usha Suresh: Kadata of Karnataka: An Introduction 20. K. Sushila Devi: Indigenous Methods of Conservation of Manuscripts in Manipur 21. Anupam Sah: Decline and Revival of Forgotten Manuscript Traditions.