Comparative oriental manuscript studies: an introduction

"The present volume is the main achievement of the Research Networking Programme 'Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies', funded by the European Science Foundation in the years 2009-2014 ... The chapters reflect the state of the art in such fields as codicology, palaeography, textual criticism and text editing, cataloguing, and manuscript conservation as applied to a wide array of language traditions including Arabic, Armenian, Avestan, Caucasian Albanian, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, Coptic, Ethiopic, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Persian, Slavonic, Syriac, and Turkish"--Back cover.

General introduction / edited by Alessandro Bausi and Jost Gippers. Socpe of COMSt ; Digital and scientific approaches to oriental manuscript studies ; The manuscript traditions ; Ethical and legal aspects of manuscript research -- Codicology / edited by Marilena Maniaci. Introduction ; Arabic codicology ; Armenian codicology ; Christian Palestinian Aramaic manuscripts ; Coptic codicology ; Ethiopic codicology ; Georgian codicology ; Greek codicology ; Hebrew codicology ; Slavonic codicology ; Syriac codicology -- Palaeography / edited by Paola Buzi and Marilena Maniaci. Introduction ; Arabic palaeography ; Armenian palaeography ; Coptic palaeography ; Ethiopic palaeography ; Georgian palaeography ; Greek palaeography ; (Mediaeval) Hebrew palaeography ; Slavonic palaeography ; Syriac palaeography -- Textual criticiam and text editing / edited by Caroline Macé et alii. Introduction ; Steps towards an edition ; Case studies -- Cataloguing / edited by Paola Buzi and Witold Witakowski. What a catalogue is and the emergence of scientific cataloguing ; A summary history of cataloguing ; Types and kinds of catalogues ; Syntactical description of manuscripts ; The physical description ; C…