Tracing Manuscripts in Time and Space through Paratexts

• Main Author: Ciotti, Giovanni (auth)
• Other Authors: Lin, Hang (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2016
• Series: Studies in Manuscript Cultures
• Subjects: Genette; Gérard; Paratext
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 ti...