An Account of Tibet

The Travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia, S.J. 1712- 1727
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-415-51143-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 667 g

First published in 1932.
As well as an extensive introduction, this edition contains notes to all four books, a bibliographical index, a general index and an index of Tibetan words. The introduction is particularly valuable in that it sets the importance of Desideri's mission in the general context of the Jesuit Missions to Tibet.
In Desideri's account we receive the first accurate general description of Tibet: from the natural world to the sociological and anthropological aspects of the people and a complete exposition of Lamaism. His is the only complete reconstruction that we possess of the Tibetan religion, founded entirely on canonical texts. And all of this more than a century before Europeans had any knowledge of the Tibetan language.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

De Filippi, Filippo

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Tibetischer Buddhismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DESIDERI, INTRODUCTION. The Jesuit Mission in Tibet, 1625–1721, PREFACE, HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THIBET, and an Account of the Mission and travels in that Country by Father Ippolito Desideri, of the Society of Jesus, written by Himself; 1712–1733, FOREWORD, BOOK THE FIRST, BOOK THE SECOND, BOOK THE THIRD, BOOK THE FOURTH, APPENDIX—Report on Tibet and its Routes, NOTES TO INTRODUCTION, NOTES TO BOOK THE FIRST, NOTES TO BOOK THE SECOND, NOTES TO BOOK THE THIRD, NOTES TO BOOK THE FOURTH, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, GENERAL INDEX (TIBETAN WORDS EXCEPTED), INDEX OF TIBETAN WORDS

Über Autor(innen)

Filippo De Filippi