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The Hand with the Pen: Martin of Loka, Matjaž Jurčič of Kapela and Herman Talner of Trebnje and their Colophons

open access: yesArs & Humanitas, 2014
Beginning with expressions such as ideographs, the author’s autograph, and the copyist’s autograph, this paper explains the dilemma of some Late Medieval Manuscripts in Slovenian collections that were mistakenly identified as being the author’s own ...
Nataša Golob
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‘Weaving Together Loose Threads’

open access: yesKaskal
This article provides an overview of the development of the therapeutic text corpus in the Ashurbanipal Library. It explores the editorial steps taken to produce new standard editions of the therapeutic texts for the Library through a systematic ...
Simkó, Krisztián
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An Essay on Scribal Families, Tradition, and Innovation in Thirteenth Century Ugarit

open access: yes, 2013
In this speculative essay, the authors attempt to sketch, in outline, a historical scenario that "makes sense" for the development of scribal traditions at Ugarit in the thirteenth century BC.Essai où les auteurs tentent d'élaborer un scénario historique
Hawley, Robert, Roche-Hawley, Carole
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Copying from Wooden Originals? Investigating the Materiality and Rationale for Holes in the Tablets from the Library of Ashurbanipal

open access: yesKaskal
This study investigates the material characteristics and potential functions of the holes found on Neo-Assyrian cuneiform tablets from the Library of Ashurbanipal.
Corò, Paola, Ermidoro, Stefania
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THE USE OF THE ABOGE CALENDAR IN THE JAMBI MANUSCRIPTS: Power and Cultural Relations between Sultanates

open access: yesJournal of Indonesian Islam
This article aims to describe the use of the Aboge calendar system in Jambi Sultanate manuscripts and analyze the historical context of the period. The research used the philological method to elaborate the manuscripts and then applied historical and ...
Irmawati Sagala, Tasnim Rahman Fitra
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On a Particular Aspect of the Identification of Tibetan Xylographs: Preliminary Remarks on the Importance of Craftsmen

open access: yesKervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2017
This essay briefly discusses the early history of Tibetan printing by comparing some facets of this subject with the European phenomenon. Printing started to be a means of dissemination of texts in Tibet and Europe at roughly the same time.
Michela Clemente
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Self-Portrait and Portrait in Armenian Medieval Miniature Painting

open access: yesКонцепт: философия, религия, культура
The relevance of interdisciplinary research on medieval cultural phenomena is due to their considerable influence on later societal development. Despite the considerable attention that Armenian medieval miniatures have already received from scholars in ...
G. S. Terzyan   +2 more
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Textual Legacies of Javanese-Penginyongan Pesantren:

open access: yesMillati: Journal of Islamic Studies and Humanities
This article examines Kitab Kuning manuscripts preserved in Javanese–Penginyongan pesantren from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century (1890s–1970s) through a codicological and philological lens. It identifies two dominant textual formations:
Mohamad Sobirin, Ali Muhdi
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An Irish manuscript at Glin Castle [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Description of an eighteenth-century Irish manuscript from Co ...
Ó Macháin, Pádraig
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