Introduction / Marta Sernesi and Volker Caumanns -- Chos dpal bzang po (1371-1439) : the "Great Teacher" (bla chen) of rDzong dkar and his biography / Franz-Karl Ehrhard -- Gyantse : rise, prime and decline of a Tibetan principality in the 14th-16th centuries / Karl-Heinz Everding -- Putting Yar rgyab on the map / Mathias Fermer -- Before and after : a perspective on the fifteenth century in Tibet / Federica Venturi -- The collected works of gSer mdog Paṇ chen Shākya mchog Idan : the formation and early transmission of a 15th-century literary corpus / Volker Caumanns -- Vanaratna and the origins of grub rtsis / Edward Henning -- The sMin grol gling Lamdre sculptures reconsidered / David Jackson -- Towards a history of early Tibetan printing : new evidence and uncharted territories / Marta Sernesi -- Did mKhas grub rje challenge the authenticity of the Sa skya Lam 'bras tradition? / Yael Bentor -- The dispute between mKhas grub rje and Ngor chen : its representation and role in Tibetan life-writing / Jorg Heimbel -- Did 'Gos Lo tsā ba gZhon nu dpal (1392-1481) espouse a gZhan stong view? / Klaus-Dieter Mathes