Acknowledgement List of Figures List of Diagrams Introduction. Text, Image and the book Chapter 1. Buddhist books and their cultic use Chapter 2. Innovations of the Medieval Buddhist Book-cult Chapter 3. Representing the Perfect Wisdom, Embodying the Holy Sties Chapter 4. The Visual World of Buddhist Book Illustrations Chapter 5. Esoteric Buddhism and the Illustrated Manuscripts Chapter 6. Social History of the Buddhist book-cult Chapter 7. Epilogue: Invoking a goddess in a book Bibliography Index

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Jinah Kim is Assistant Professor of History of Art & Architecture at Harvard University.

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"This book is of great value for graduate courses on Buddhist material culture, art historical methodology, or esoteric Buddhism." -- Purvi Parikh Religious Studies Review

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