LEADER 02457nam 2200385 450 001 9910645951703321 005 20230515215250.0 035 $a(CKB)5860000000285412 035 $a(NjHacI)995860000000285412 035 $a(EXLCZ)995860000000285412 100 $a20230515d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aSyntax of Colophons $eA Comparative Study across Pothi Manuscripts /$fedited by Nalini Balbir, Giovanni Ciotti 210 1$aBerlin :$cDe Gruyter,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (vi, 406 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aStudies in manuscript cultures ;$vVolume 27 311 $a3-11-079532-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 330 $aThis volume is the first to attempt a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary analysis of the manuscript cultures implementing the pothi manuscript form (a loosely bound stack of oblong folios). It is the indigenous form by which manuscripts have been crafted in South Asia and the cultural areas most influenced by it, that is to say Central and South East Asia. The volume focuses particularly on the colophons featured in such manuscripts presenting a series of essays enabling the reader to engage in a historical and comparative investigation of the links connecting the several manuscript cultures examined here. Colophons as paratexts are situated at the intersection between texts and the artefacts that contain them and offer a unique vantage point to attain global appreciation of their manuscript cultures and literary traditions. Colophons are also the product of scribal activities that have moved across regions and epochs alongside the pothi form, providing a common thread binding together the many millions of pothis still today found in libraries in Asia and the world over. These contributions provide a systematic approach to the internal structure of colophons, i.e. their 'syntax', and facilitate a vital, comparative approach. 410 0$aStudies in manuscript cultures ;$vVolume 27. 606 $aColophons of manuscripts 615 0$aColophons of manuscripts. 676 $a956.07 702 $aBalbir$b Nalini 702 $aCiotti$b Giovanni 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910645951703321 996 $aSyntax of Colophons$93007880 997 $aUNINA