HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE HIMALAYAS: Tibetan Manuscripts, Paintings and Sculptures of Dolpo by Amy Heller Izu Prince Narisaranuvattiwongse (1863-1947) was a

Prince Narisaranuvattiwongse (1863-1947) was a son of H

Featuring an interview with Loel Guinness and a personal account of his engagement with the project

There was no art museum

and fine and applied arts were not taught at universities

ISBN: 9781932476859

HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE HIMALAYAS: Tibetan Manuscripts, Paintings and Sculptures of Dolpo by Amy Heller Izu Prince Narisaranuvattiwongse (1863-1947) was aIn 1999, a hidden library was found in the Nesar Temple at a remote village of Bicher in Dolpo, Nepal. It contains more than six hundred volumes of Tibetan manuscripts, ranging in date from the late 11th to the early 16th century. This library in many ways constitutes a cultural history of Dolpo in this period thanks to some sixty volumes with historical prefaces explaining the commission of the manuscripts for the Nesar Temple, while more than one