TY - BOOK ID - 43569 TI - The Emergence of Multiple-Text Manuscripts AU - Bausi, Alessandro AU - Friedrich, Michael AU - Maniaci, Marilena PY - 2020 SN - 9783110645989 DB - DOAB KW - Multiple-text manuscripts KW - codicology KW - manuscript collections KW - text collections UR - https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:43569 AB - Selecting and excerpting, summarizing and canonizing, arranging texts and visual signs in manuscripts appear to be universal practices. This volume analyses the fascinating vicissitudes of birth and development, growth and decrease, of manuscripts consisting of more texts (‘multiple-text manuscripts’), at the example of a vast array of manuscript cultures, from the Indian, African, Christian, Islamic, and European domains. ER -