Tracing Manuscripts in Time and Space through Paratexts

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2016

Tracing Manuscripts in Time and Space through Paratexts

Edited by: Giovanni Ciotti and Hang Lin

Volume 7 in the series Studies in Manuscript Cultures

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110479010

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About this book

As records of the link between a manuscript and the texts it contains, paratexts document many aspects of a manuscript’s life: production, transmission, usage, and reception. Comprehensive studies of paratexts are still rare in the field of manuscript studies, and the universal categories of time and space are used to create a common frame for research and comparisons. Contributions in this volume span over three continents and one millennium.

Author / Editor information

Giovanni Ciotti and Hang Lin, University of Hamburg.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Exploring Paratexts in Old Mande Manuscripts Darya Ogorodnikova Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Locating Tai Lü and Tai Khün Manuscripts in Space and Time through Colophons Apiradee Techasiriwan Publicly Available Download PDF	35
Certain Times in Uncertain Places: A Study on Scribal Colophons of Manuscripts Written in Tamil and Tamilian Grantha Scripts Giovanni Ciotti and Marco Franceschini Publicly Available Download PDF	59
Looking Inside the Cover: Reconstructing Space and Time in Some Donglin Manuscripts Hang Lin Publicly Available Download PDF	131
‘Traces in Red’: Chinese Book Collectors’ Seals as a Means to Track the Transmission History of a Manuscript Max Jakob Fölster Publicly Available Download PDF	161
‘When the living envied the dead’: Church Slavonic Paratexts and the Apocalypticx Framework of Monk Isaija’s Colophon (1371) Kristina Nikolovska Publicly Available Download PDF	185
Locating Greek Manuscripts through Paratexts: Examples from the Library of Cardinal Bessarion and other Manuscript Collections Vito Lorusso Publicly Available Download PDF	223
Travelling Books: Changes of Ownership and Location in Ethiopian Manuscript Culture Stéphane Ancel Publicly Available Download PDF	269
Index of languages and scripts Publicly Available Download PDF	301
Index of personal names Publicly Available Download PDF	302
Index of place names Publicly Available Download PDF	305
General index Publicly Available Download PDF	307

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Libararies, institutes, scholars (manuscript studies, cultural studies, philosophy, literary studies, linguistics).
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 308
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 87
Keywords: Paratext; Genette; Gérard

eBook

Published: July 25, 2016
ISBN: 9783110479010

Hardcover

Published: July 25, 2016
ISBN: 9783110473148