Personal Manuscripts: Copying, Drafting, Taking Notes (Hardcover)

Some manuscripts have been produced for the personal use of their scribe only; whereas a number of them are valued as autographs, most have been ephemeral and were discarded. Personal manuscripts were not written for a patron, commissioner, or client. They are personal copies, anthologies, florilegia, personal notes, excerpts, drafts and notebooks, as well as family books, accountancy notebooks and many others; these forms often being mixed with one another. This volume introduces a number of such manuscripts in a comparative perspective, from Japan to Europe through the Middle East, with a focus on the Near and Middle East. The main concern is the possibility of identifying typical features of such manuscripts in terms of materials, visual organization and content. In attempting this, both the conditions of production and traces of the manuscripts’ use are taken into consideration, with particular attention to their material aspects.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Studies in Manuscript Cultures
Release date:	April 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	David Durand-Guédy • Jürgen Paul
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	553
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-103408-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	3-11-103408-9
Barcode:	9783111034089

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