Tied and Bound: A Comparative View on Manuscript Binding / /

The present volume contains twelve chapters authored by specialists of Asian, African and European manuscript cultures reflecting on the cohesion of written artefacts, particularly manuscripts. Assuming that 'codicological units' exist in every manuscript culture and that they are usually...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Ammirati, Serena (Contributor), Bausi, Alessandro (Contributor, Editor), Bondarev, Dmitry (Contributor), Boudalis, Georgios (Contributor), Ciotti, Giovanni (Contributor), Couvrat Desvergnes, Amélie (Contributor), Friedrich, Michael (Editor), Galambos, Imre (Contributor), Maltomini, Francesca (Contributor), Michel, Cécile (Contributor), Panini, Francesca (Contributor), Sarris, Nikolas (Contributor), Sasso, Eliana Dal (Contributor), Scheper, Karin (Contributor), Staack, Thies (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berlin ; Boston : : De Gruyter, [2023]
Series:Studies in Manuscript Cultures , 33
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tied and Bound: A Tight Preface
  • Overviews of Traditions
  • Binding Cuneiform Tablets in One Unit
  • Bindings of Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wood Scrolls
  • Chains, Links, and Loops: Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Sewing Structure in Eastern Mediterranean Bookbinding
  • Bindings, Bags and Boxes: Sewn and Unsewn Manuscript Formats in the Islamic World
  • Strategies for Binding Pothi Manuscripts
  • Guṭakās from North-Western India: An Introduction to their Structures and Materials
  • Features of Binding
  • Papyrus Rolls as Archives: The tomoi sunkollēsimoi
  • Ethiopian and Coptic Sewing Techniques in Comparison
  • Loose-leaf Islamic Manuscripts of West Africa: Retention, Adaptation or Invention?
  • Legacy of Binding
  • Bound to be Rebound: Fates of Latin Manuscripts in Late Antiquity
  • Bound and Unbound: A Chinese Codex from Dunhuang and Its Pieces
  • Binding or Rebinding at St Catherine's Monastery of Sinai
  • Contributors
  • Indexes
  • General Index