One-Volume Libraries: Composite and Multiple-Text Manuscripts

Language: English

Published by De Gruyter, DE, 2016

3110496933 / 9783110496932

Series: Book 8 of 12 - Studies in Manuscript Cultures

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Composite and multiple-text manuscripts are traditionally studied for their individual texts, but recent trends in codicology have paved the way for a more comprehensive approach: Manuscripts are unique artefacts which reveal how they were produced and used as physical objects. While multiple-text manuscripts codicologically are to be considered as production units, i.e. they were originally planned and realized in order to carry more than one text, composites consist of formerly independent codicological units and were put together at a later stage with intentions that might be completely different from those of its original parts. Both sub-types of manuscripts are still sometimes called "miscellanies", a term relating to the texts only. The codicological difference is important for reconstructing why and how these manuscripts which in many cases resemble (or contain) a small library were produced and used. Contributions on the manuscript cultures of China, India, Africa, the Islamic world and European traditions lead not only to the conclusion that "one-volume libraries" have been produced in many manuscript cultures, but allow also for the identification of certain types of uses.…

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Title
One-Volume Libraries: Composite and Multiple-Text Manuscripts
Author
Michael Friedrich
Publisher
De Gruyter, DE
Publication year
2016
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New
Binding
Hardback
Language
English
ISBN 10
3110496933
ISBN 13
9783110496932
Item weight
686 grams
Series
Book 8 of 12: Studies in Manuscript Cultures

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