Personal Manuscripts: Copying, Drafting, Taking Notes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783111034089)

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.

Author: David Durand-Gu馘y
ISBN-10: 3111034089
ISBN-13: 9783111034089
Publisher: de Gruyter
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2023
Pages: 553
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.09lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.19d