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Author:

Tsien, Tsuen-hsuin, 1910-

Title:

Written on bamboo & silk : the beginnings of Chinese books & inscriptions / Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien.

Edition:

2nd ed. / with an afterword by Edward L. Shaughnessy.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xxiv, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Writing--Materials and instruments
Chinese language--History.--History.
Inscriptions, Chinese
Books--China--History.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Written on bamboo and silk. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1962. Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-294) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780226814186 (alk. paper)
0226814181 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53970654

LCCN:

2003027032

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)