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the Italian translation of an interesting unpublished ms., comprising the chronicle of the various episodes occurred in the course of a Moslem expedition against the Kafirs, promoted in the year 990/1582 by the Moghul Prince Muhammad Hakim, brother to Akbar, and semi-indipendent Governor of Kabul.
XXXIII- J. TAKASAKI, A Study on the Ratnagotra-vibhāga (Uttaratan
tra) being a Treatise on the Tathāgatagarbha theory of Mahāyāna Buddhsim. Rome 1966. 18 x 25 cm.; pp. XIII-439.
Lit. 16.000
An ample and deep study of an important Tibetan Mahayanic text, which was known, until recently in its Chinese translation only, and has appeared a short while ago in the original Sanskrit. This work comprises a critical Introduction, a Synopsis of the text, a Translation from the original Sanskrit text, in comparison with its Tibetan and Chinese versions, critical Notes, Appendixes and Indexes.
XXXIV - D. S. RUEGG, The life of Bu ston Rin po che with the Tibetan
text of the Bu ston rNam thar. Rome 1966. 16 x 24 cm.; pp. XVIII-222.
Lit. 4.500
An account of the life of the illustrious Tibetan Master of the Law, the great Bu ston Rin chen grub, is presented in this work containing an abridged rendering of the Life composed by one of his chief disciples, sGia tshad pa Rin chen rnam rgyal. This life (rNam thar) consists largely of the narration of events and of experiences, quotations from the Master's sayings and several long enumerations of his writings. The present study seeks in the first place to make more accessible this rNam thar which, as contemporary testimony, constitutes the basic source concerning Bu ston's life, and to elucitade it by means of the best-known parallel texts.
XXXV - A. SOPER, Chinese, Korean and Japanese Bronzes. A Catalogue
of the Auriti Collection donated to Is MEO, and housed in the Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale in Rome. Rome 1966. 17 x 25 cm.; pp. 80 with 115 plates.
. Lit. 6.000
This Catalogue, illustrating the important collection of art objects donated to IsMEO by Ambassador G. AURITI, is due to an expert as authoritative as Professor Alexander C. SOPER, who has drawn it up with his unparalleled competence, as well as with extreme accuracy. The Collection comprises Chinese Buddhistic bronzes of the Wei, Sung, and T'ang periods; Korean and Japanese Buddhistic bronzes from the 7th to the 12th century A.D., and a valuable collection of mirrors, ranging in period from the 4th century B.C. to the 12th century of our era. The A. has not only devoted his attention to the making of a minute description of each of the art pieces, unfailingly supported by a keen sense of discrimination, but has also stressed the relations that knit the pieces together, and reconnect them to other well-known art collections and works.
