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 Gippert. Scope 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 criticism 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 …