Modèles et copies. Étude d’une formule des colophons de manuscrits arméniens, VIIIᵉ-XIXᵉ siècles
(2022) ISBN: [978-90-429-4492-3], 533 pages, published
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- (en) Armenian colophons are invaluable sources of information regarding the history of books. Just as in other languages, they are characterized by formulaic patterns that recur from one manuscript to another. This book defines a methodology for studying colophon formulae from a philological and historical standpoint, according to which it studies the formula “from a good and choice exemplar”, including a number of variants. Several colophon formularies are defined and printed for the first time in a critical edition: these texts, retold from manuscript to manuscript, amount to true literary works. Contextualizing the use of this formula reveals how copyists regarded their own productions, as well as the models they were transcribing from. Through in-depth study of its variants, the author is able to better describe the activity of a number of copying centres, as well as pinpoint the individuals who played a decisive role in the dissemination of a given text. The knowledge thus gathered about the circulation of manuscripts demonstrates how individual careers and interpersonal relations shaped the processes of creating and diffusing ancient books.
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät
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Van Elverdinghe, E. (2022). Modèles et copies. Étude d’une formule des colophons de manuscrits arméniens, VIIIᵉ-XIXᵉ siècles. Peeters Publishers. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/220064