Personal Manuscripts: Copying, Drafting, Taking Notes

Jürgen Paul

ISBN 10: 3111034089 / ISBN 13: 9783111034089

Published by De Gruyter, DE, 2023

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Personal Manuscripts: Copying, Drafting, Taking Notes
• Publisher: De Gruyter, DE
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3111034089
• ISBN 13: 9783111034089
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 6.14W x 1.19H x 9.21D inches 6.14 inches width by 1.19 inches height by 9.21 inches depth
• Weight: 924 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

David Durand-Guédy, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg; Jürgen Paul, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg.

David Durand-Guédy, Hamburg University, Hamburg; Jürgen Paul, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany.