Contents: Foreword Erberto Lo Bue & Christian Luczanits. vii The Historical Architecture of the Trandruk Temple in the Yar lung Valley of Tibet Reinhard Herdick. 1 Considerations on the Development of the Representation of the Buddha’s Life in Early Tibetan Thangkas Eva Allinger. 27 Preliminary Remarks on the Donor Inscriptions and Iconography of an 11th-century Mchod rten at Tholing Amy Heller. 43 Courtly Cavaliers, Mounted Heroes and Pehar: New Issues in the Iconography and Iconology of Protector Deities in Early Western Himalayan Art Christiane Papa-Kalantari. 75 An Early Wall Painting of a Bhai?ajyaguru Mandala in Western Tibet Helmut F. Neumann & Heidi A. Neumann. 121 Inscriptions and Captions in the Gu ru Lha khang at Nako, Kinnaur Kurt Tropper. 143 Visual Evidence for 'Bri gung Activity at Nako, Kinnaur Melissa R. Kerin. 175 The Commemorative Stupas at Densathil a Preliminary Study Olaf Czaja. 197 Mandalas of Mandalas: The Iconography of a Stupa of Many Auspicious Doors for Phag mo gru pa Christian Luczanits. 281 Three Tibeto-Chinese Mandala Paintings of Around 1442 Ursula Toyka-Fuong. 311 Reconstructing Sakya: Written Sources, Photographic Archives and Fieldwork Federica Venturi. 335 The Sambhala Murals in the Klu khang and Their Historical Context. A Preliminary Report Erberto Lo Bue. 353 The Dbu yab pho brang in the Nor bu gling ga and Its Connection with the Murals of the Klu khang Behind the Potala Jakob Winkler. 375 An Unusual Highlight in Trade in Tibetan Art: A 20th-century Thangka of Shangs pad, Protector of the Dge ldan byams pa gling Monastery at Chamdo in the Province of Dagyab in Kham, Eastern Tibet Ingrid Kreide-Damani. 393weiterlesen