Guide to Mongolian Buddhist Offering Print Blocks and Manuscripts Printers Mss 101

Finding aid prepared by Beaudry Allen, 2017.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
August 2017


Title: Mongolian Buddhist offering print blocks and manuscripts
Identifier/Call Number: Printers Mss 101
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material: Mongolian
Physical Description: 1 linear feet (1 oversized box)
Date (inclusive): circa 18th-19th century
Abstract: A small collection of Mongolian Buddhist offering print blocks and manuscripts.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased.

Preferred Citation

Mongolian Buddhist offering print blocks and manuscripts, Printers Mss 101. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.

Related Materials

Mongolia Manuscript and Printing Collection, Printers Mss 47. Department of Special Reseach Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of engraved woodblocks and writings that originated in Mongolia. The four wooden print blocks represent Buddhist offerings. The writings are old Mongolian manuscripts dating back to the nineteenth century.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Printing -- Mongolia -- History
Buddhism -- Mongolia -- History
Wood blocks (printing blocks)
Manuscripts (documents)