TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goswamy, B. N. 
TI  - The Word is Sacred, Sacred is the Word: The Indian Manuscript Tradition
SN  - 9788189738228
U1  - ARTV 
PY  - 2006///
PB  - Niyogi Books
KW  - Indian Culture
KW  - Indian Manuscripts
KW  - Indian Tradition
KW  - Manuscripts
KW  - Visual art
N1  - The words is sacred; Sacred is the word: The Indian Manuscripts Tradition and the exhibition it accompanies set out to demonstrate the wealth and diversity of Indias manuscript traditions and to communicate a lasting impression of India as a multifarious and multicultural society that holds knowledge and knowledge systems in high regard. Some one hundred precious manuscripts, books, and related documents introduced in this book span a timescale of almost two millennia of Indian cultural history. Often lavishly illustrated, the works come from the sub-continents most important public and private collections. The project was a presentation of India as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2006
ER  -