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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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Main Author: Maniaci, Marilena (auth)
Other Authors: Friedrich, Michael (auth), Bausi, Alessandro (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2020
Series:Studies in Manuscript Cultures
Subjects:
text collections
Multiple-text manuscripts
codicology
manuscript 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 (373 p.)
ISBN:9783110645989
DOI:10.1515/9783110645989
Access:Open Access

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