The Emergence of Multiple-Text Manuscripts
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2020
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| Series: | Studies in Manuscript Cultures
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (373 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110645989 |