The Emergence of Multiple-Text Manuscripts

The Emergence of Multiple-Text Manuscripts

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Selecting and excerpting, summarizing and canonizing, arranging texts and visual signs in manuscripts appear to be universal practices. This volume analyses the fascinating vicissitudes of birth and development, growth and decrease, of manuscripts consisting of more texts ('multiple-text manusc...

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Other Authors: Bausi, Alessandro (Editor), Friedrich, Michael (Editor), Maniaci, Marilena (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
Series:Studies in Manuscript Cultures
Subjects:
Literature & literary studies
Regional studies
Multiple-text manuscripts codicology manuscript collections text collections
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Summary:Selecting and excerpting, summarizing and canonizing, arranging texts and visual signs in manuscripts appear to be universal practices. This volume analyses the fascinating vicissitudes of birth and development, growth and decrease, of manuscripts consisting of more texts ('multiple-text manuscripts'), at the example of a vast array of manuscript cultures, from the Indian, African, Christian, Islamic, and European domains.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (361 p.)
ISBN:9783110646122
9783110646122;9783110645934
Access:Open Access

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