Trends in Statistical Codicology

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2022

Trends in Statistical Codicology

Edited by: Marilena Maniaci

Volume 19 in the series Studies in Manuscript Cultures

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110743838

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The application of statistical techniques to the study of manuscript books, based on the analysis of large data sets acquired through the archaeological observation of manuscripts, is one of the most original trends in codicological research, aiming not only to reconstruct on a sound basis the methods and processes used in book manufacture and their tendential evolution in space and time, but also to interpret them as the result of a dynamic interplay between various and often incompatible needs (of cultural, technical, social and economic nature) that book artisans had to reconcile in the best possible way.

The present collection of essays in English translation was guided by the desire to offer a multifarious well-articulated picture of the application of statistical methodology to the various aspects of manuscript production, namely analysis of materials, characterization of book types, manufacturing techniques, planning and use of layout characterization of scripts and scribal habits.

The volume aims to present to a wider readership a series of significant papers which have appeared over the last fifteen years, by means of which the statistical approach continues to demonstrate its vast potential.

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Marilena Maniaci, Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio meridionale, Cassino (Frosinone), Italy.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	VII
Statistical Codicology. Principles, Directions, Perspectives Marilena Maniaci Open Access Download PDF	1
Forms and typologies
The Structure of Atlantic Bibles Marilena Maniaci Open Access Download PDF	35
The Miniaturisation of Bible Manuscripts in the 13th Century: A Comparative Study Chiara Ruzzier Open Access Download PDF	65
Making a Count of Hagiographic Books. Quantitative Aspects of the Production and Dissemination of Latin Hagiographic Literature (2nd–15th Centuries) Michel Trigalet Open Access Download PDF	87
Materials and tools
Parchment in Byzantine Manuscripts of the 11^th and 12^th Centuries: Characteristics and Use Marilena Maniaci Open Access Download PDF	103
Watermarks Galore. Observations on the Number and Homogeneity of Papers Used in Manuscripts and Incunabula Ezio Ornato Open Access Download PDF	149
An Experiment in Dating Documents through the Analysis of Watermarks: The Letter ‘P’ in Incunabula of the Low Countries Ezio Ornato Open Access Download PDF	183
Manufacturing techniques
Quiring in Manuscripts of the Late Middle Ages Paola Busonero Open Access Download PDF	205
The Art of Not Quartering Skins: Techniques Employed for the Subdivision of Bifolia in Byzantine Manuscripts Open Access Download PDF	309
The Arithmetic Properties of Lineation in Humanistic Manuscripts Denis Muzerelle Open Access Download PDF	323
The ‘Non-Unitary’ Greek Codex: Typologies and Terminology Marilena Maniaci Open Access Download PDF	337
The Third Dimension of the Book: Codicological Aspects of Multi- Textuality Denis Muzerelle and Ezio Ornato Open Access Download PDF	377
Layout and text formatting
Canons and ‘Recipes’ for the Layout of the Medieval Book: New Observations and Verifications Marilena Maniaci Open Access Download PDF	415
Divergences between the East and the West in the Construction and Management of the Written Space: General Principles and Specific Solutions Marilena Maniaci Open Access Download PDF	465
A Medieval Puzzle. The ‘Architecture’ of the Page in Manuscripts and Incunabula of the Codex Justinianus Luciana Devoti Open Access Download PDF	509
Words within Words : Layout Strategies in Some Glossed Manuscripts of the Iliad Marilena Maniaci Open Access Download PDF	575
At the End of the Line: Text Continuity and the Division of Words in Byzantine Manuscripts Marilena Maniaci Open Access Download PDF	599
Scripts and scribes
The Rhythm of the Scribe: A Serial Analysis of the Density of Writing in the Gospels of Henry the Lion Frank M. Bischoff Open Access Download PDF	663
The Scribe’s Gesture and its ‘Shadow’: An Essay on the ‘Modular Ratio’ of Scripts Denis Muzerelle Open Access Download PDF	707
Quantitative Codicology and Scientific Paradigms. A Typology of Latin Formulae in the Colophons of Western Manuscripts Lucien Reynhout Open Access Download PDF	725
Concerning the (Re)discovery of French Scriptoria: Contribution of the ‘Catalogue of Dated Manuscripts’ Denis Muzerelle Open Access Download PDF	735
Index of Written Sources Open Access Download PDF	767

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Historians, researchers of manuscript studies, manuscript librarians, book conservators
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 770
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 318
- Coloured Illustrations: 17
Keywords: Manuscript studies; codicology; palaeography; manuscript cataloguing

eBook

Published: November 22, 2021
ISBN: 9783110743838

Hardcover

Published: November 22, 2021
ISBN: 9783110711424