Libraries and Archives in the Former Han Dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE): Arguing for a Distinction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface IX
4. Prologue: Contemporary Practices of Archiving
5. How to Distinguish between Manuscripts and Archival Records: A Study in Archival Theory 3
6. Archives from Tibet and the Himalayan Borderlands: Notes on Form and Content 19
7. The Ancient World up to Late Antiquity
8. Constitution, Contents, Filing and Use of Private Archives: The Case of Old Assyrian Archives (nineteenth century BCE) 43
9. Archives in Ancient Egypt, 2500–1000 BCE 71
10. Archives and Libraries in Greco-Roman Egypt 171
11. Libraries and Archives in the Former Han Dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE): Arguing for a Distinction 201
12. Setting a Bishopric / Arranging an Archive: Traces of Archival Activity in the Bishopric of Alexandria and Antioch 231
13. Documents, Acts and Archival Habits in Early Christian Church Councils: A Case Study 273
14. The Middle Ages
15. Weighing in on Evidence: Documents and Literary Manuscripts in Early Medieval Japan 297
16. Securing and Preserving Written Documents in Byzantium 319
17. Archival Practices in the Muslim World prior to 1500 339
18. The Power of the Pen: Cadis and their Archives 361
19. Indian Copper-Plate Grants: Inscriptions or Documents? 387
20. Epilogue: Why and how to compare
21. Epilogue: Archives and Archiving across Cultures―Towards a Matrix of Analysis 421
22. List of Contributors 446
23. List of Documents 449