Tibetan calligraphy

From the 6th April -September 3rd 2012, The Rubin Museum of Art in New York City presents the exhibition 'Illuminated': The art of sacred manuscripts explores the aesthetic and technological approaches in creating and adorning books from a variety of cultures and features illuminated Tibetan manuscripts dating as early as the 13th century. A detail of a 17th century Tibetan manuscript. Take the link here for more details on the exhibition.

The illustration shows six variations of the Uchen script style 'heading' character. © Tashi Mannox 2010 1, single. 2, double. 3, treble. 4, resembling water birds. 5, owl eyes 6, an elaboration using two 'Ha' syllables. On every beginning of a Tibetan page of text or title is found the characteristic swirl symbol, this is known as the ‘heading’ character, its job is to announce the start of the text it prefixes. It is not a word as such but a symbol, which is as much decorative as…

"The two seed syllables HUM and BHYO evoke the union of the masculine and feminine dharma-protection principles." Chögyam Trungpa

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