Anisong (Ānisaṃsa) Manuscripts from Luang Prabang (Laos) in a comparative perspective: Transformation in the age of printing

比较视角下的琅勃拉邦（老挝）手稿：印刷时代的变革

• 批准号: 439310642
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Volker Grabowsky
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Asien-Afrika-Institut (AAI)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/439310642?language=en
• 关键词: Anisong; nisa; sa; Manuscripts; Luang

This project studies a corpus of manuscripts bearing one of the most popular and widespread Buddhist writings in Laos and Thailand, namely preaching or homiletic texts called anisong. Manuscripts containing anisong texts, written on palm-leaf or mulberry paper, are used in various kinds of ceremonies carried out by monks and novices. Acting as an incentive for offerings made to monasteries and the community of monks (sangha), they serve an important function in the social and economic relationship between laity and sangha. The main corpus of anisong manuscripts to be studied is from Luang Prabang, the ancient royal capital of Laos where the practice of anisong is still alive. This corpus, which for a greater part is accurately dated, is augmented by anisong manuscripts from northern Thailand, northeastern Thailand, and neighbouring Tai speaking areas in eastern Myanmar and southwestern China. The project seeks to address the following questions: What do the paratexts (notably the often lengthy colophons) reveal about the scribes, sponsors and donors of the manuscripts, their social background and personal aspirations? How have these cultural practices related to anisong changed over time, in particular in the age of printing? Moreover, the project investigates the transformation in the regional manuscript culture(s) in the Dhamma script cultural domain with regard to the materiality, such as changes of writing support and writing substances, but also to script, book form and visual organization. Finally, the socio-economic aspects for the production, circulation, and usage of anisong manuscripts especially in those areas where the local manuscript culture has been a living tradition until present day.

这个项目研究了一个手稿语料库，其中载有老挝和泰国最流行和最广泛的佛教著作之一，即称为阿尼颂的说教或说教文本。包含阿尼颂文本的手稿，写在棕榈叶或桑葚纸上，用于僧侣和新手进行的各种仪式。作为向寺院和僧伽群体供奉的一种激励，它们在俗人和僧伽之间的社会和经济关系中发挥着重要作用。要研究的阿尼松手稿的主要语料来自老挝的古老皇家首都琅勃拉邦，那里的阿尼松习俗仍然存在。这个语料库，其中大部分是准确的日期，是由来自泰国北方，泰国东北部，以及邻近的台语地区在缅甸东部和中国西南部的阿尼颂手稿。该项目旨在解决以下问题：副文本（特别是通常很长的版权页）揭示了手稿的抄写员，赞助商和捐赠者，他们的社会背景和个人愿望？随着时间的推移，特别是在印刷时代，这些与阿尼颂相关的文化习俗是如何变化的？此外，该项目还调查了区域手稿文化在法文文化领域中的物质性转变，如书写支持和书写物质的变化，以及对文字、书籍形式和视觉组织的转变。最后，社会经济方面的生产，流通和使用的阿尼颂手稿，特别是在那些地区，当地的手稿文化一直是一个生活的传统，直到今天。