This paper is part of a research strand linked to the study of religious manuscript traditions in the context of the Iranian and Central Asian world in late Antiquity and the early Islamic period, which the author has been conducting for several years (Barbati 2017; Barbati 2018). Specifically, the aim of this work is to contribute to establishing a typology of atextual elements as reflected in the Christian Sogdian and Syriac manuscript fragments in Syriac script of the Berlin Turfan Collection. Applying a Manuscript Studies approach, all paratextual elements, including the atextual ones, are considered due or inextricably linked to the scribal discourse. Therefore, the study of the atextual elements help to grasp the repertoire that the Eastern Christianity had at its disposal in the manuscript production.
On the Christian Manuscript Traditions in the Turfan oasis 8th-11th centuries: The Graphic Aspects
Barbati Chiara
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Abstract
This paper is part of a research strand linked to the study of religious manuscript traditions in the context of the Iranian and Central Asian world in late Antiquity and the early Islamic period, which the author has been conducting for several years (Barbati 2017; Barbati 2018). Specifically, the aim of this work is to contribute to establishing a typology of atextual elements as reflected in the Christian Sogdian and Syriac manuscript fragments in Syriac script of the Berlin Turfan Collection. Applying a Manuscript Studies approach, all paratextual elements, including the atextual ones, are considered due or inextricably linked to the scribal discourse. Therefore, the study of the atextual elements help to grasp the repertoire that the Eastern Christianity had at its disposal in the manuscript production.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
