Studies in honour of Luciano Petech : a commemoration volume 1914-2014

Sommario: Foreword. Professor Luciano Petech (1914-2010). A biographical note, by Elena De Rossi Filibeck. Address of Vice-President of ISMEO, by Adriano V. Rossi. Contributions: Oscar Nalesini, The Personal Fonds of Luciano Petech and the Legacy of Giuseppe Tucci: the Case of the Corpus Inscriptionum Tibeticarum; John Bray, Luciano Petech and the Historiography of Ladakh: Lives, Times and Academic Lineages; Elena De Rossi Filibeck, A Note on the Cultural Meaning of the Traditional Wedding Songs from Rupshu and Other Areas of Ladakh; Helga Uebach, Jampa L. Panglung, A Funeral Offering for the Deceased Queen Mother: The Inscription at the Mani Wall of the Great Monastery of Hemis in Ladakh; Camillo A. Formigatti, Towards a Cultural History of Nepal, 14th - 17th century. A Nepalese Renaissance?; Giorgio Milanetti, Drawing Inspiration from Petech's Studies on Hindi Literature: Caste and Class Related Issues in Bhairav Prasad Gupta's Ganga Maiya; Mauro Crocenzi, Theorizing on Tibetan National Identity in Post-Maoist China; Paolo Santangelo, Psychological Dynamics of Emotions in Chinese Traditional Culture: The Case of Anger; Elliot Sperling, The Early History of the Pho lha Clan; Michela Clemente, The Patronage Network of lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rGyal from Brag dkar rta so to the'Phags pa lha khang; Hildegard Diemberger, Tsering Dawa Sharshon, Some Remarks on an Early Print Edition of rGyal sras thogs med's Biography and his Collected Works; Alessandro Boesi, Medicinal Plants in Pre-Modern Tibet According to an Independent Traditional Doctor: An Outline of a Manuscript; Amy Heller, Three Ancient Manuscripts from Tholing in the Tucci Collection, IsIAO, Roma. Part I: Manuscript 1329 E; Erberto Lo Bue, A Tibetan Mahabodhi. The Main Image in the Dpal'khor chos sde of rGyal rtse; Giacomella Orofino, The Myth of Rudra's Subjugation According to the bsGrags pa gling grags. Some Observations on the Beginning of a Historiographical Tradition; Donatella Rossi, The Three Teachings (don gsum) of Lady Co za Bon mo. A Bon po gter ma from the Giuseppe Tucci Tibetan Fund; Marta Sernesi, The Royal Chronicle of the House of the North and a Rare 15th Century Book from La stod Byang; Federica Venturi, Sa skya and Gye re; Roberto Vitali, A Note on the Role of the Early Karma pas at Karma'i dgon (1182 - ca. 1363). Appendix: Paintings by Livia Liverani; Paintings by Nyima Dhondup; Alessandra Lazzari, Italian Comics on Tibet: an Exhibit. Program of the Symposium. List of Contributors. Plates.