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Written on bamboo & silk : the beginnings of Chinese books & inscriptions
Title:
Written on bamboo & silk : the beginnings of Chinese books & inscriptions

Written on bamboo and silk.
Author:
Tsien, Tsuen-hsuin, 1910-
ISBN:
9780226814186
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed. / with an afterword by Edward L. Shaughnessy.
Publication Information:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Rev. ed. of: Written on bamboo and silk. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1962.
Contents:
Records on bones and shells -- Inscriptions on metals and clay -- Engravings on stone and jade -- Documents on bamboo and wood -- Silk as writing material -- Paper and paper manuscripts -- Implements and tools for writing.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-294) and index.
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