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The Syntax of Colophons
A Comparative Study across Pothi Manuscripts
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Edited by:
Nalini Balbir
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2022
About this book
Open Access
This volume is the first to attempt a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary analysis of the manuscript cultures implementing the pothi manuscript form (a loosely bound stack of oblong folios). It is the indigenous form by which manuscripts have been crafted in South Asia and the cultural areas most influenced by it, that is to say Central and South East Asia. The volume focuses particularly on the colophons featured in such manuscripts presenting a series of essays enabling the reader to engage in a historical and comparative investigation of the links connecting the several manuscript cultures examined here. Colophons as paratexts are situated at the intersection between texts and the artefacts that contain them and offer a unique vantage point to attain global appreciation of their manuscript cultures and literary traditions. Colophons are also the product of scribal activities that have moved across regions and epochs alongside the pothi form, providing a common thread binding together the many millions of pothis still today found in libraries in Asia and the world over. These contributions provide a systematic approach to the internal structure of colophons, i.e. their ‘syntax’, and facilitate a vital, comparative approach.
Author / Editor information
Nalini Balbir, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, Paris, France; Giovanni Ciotti, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Topics
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Giovanni Ciotti and Nalini Balbir Open Access Download PDF |
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Part I: South Asia
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North India
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Stefan Baums Open Access Download PDF |
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Camillo Formigatti Open Access Download PDF |
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Nalini Balbir Open Access Download PDF |
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South India
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Giovanni Ciotti Open Access Download PDF |
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Marco Franceschini Open Access Download PDF |
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Part II: Southeast Asia
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Mainland
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Javier Schnake Open Access Download PDF |
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Volker Grabowsky Open Access Download PDF |
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Peera Panarut Open Access Download PDF |
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Maritime
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Dick van der Meij Open Access Download PDF |
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Part III: Central Asia
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Dorji Wangchuk Open Access Download PDF |
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Georges-Jean Pinault Open Access Download PDF |
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Yukiyo Kasai Open Access Download PDF |
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
December 31, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9783110795271
Hardcover published on:
December 31, 2022
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110795233
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
6
Main content:
406
Coloured Illustrations:
60
Tables:
24
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars and students of South Asian studies, Central Asian studies, Indology, Tibetology, Manuscript studies
Creative Commons
BY-NC-ND 4.0
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