Manuscripts are movable objects and colophons normally represent the most efficient means of tracing the paths taken by a book during its (sometimes) extended life. This short article deals with an unusual case of a manuscript and of the work it contains, whose itinerant life is narrated by a long and extraordinary title that provides surprising technical details about the book form, the writing material, and the historical events surrounding it.

The Unusual Story of a Wandering Book and its Physical Metamorphosis / Buzi, Paola. - (2021), pp. 1063-1075. - STUDIES IN MANUSCRIPT CULTURES.

The Unusual Story of a Wandering Book and its Physical Metamorphosis

Paola Buzi
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2021

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Manuscripts are movable objects and colophons normally represent the most efficient means of tracing the paths taken by a book during its (sometimes) extended life. This short article deals with an unusual case of a manuscript and of the work it contains, whose itinerant life is narrated by a long and extraordinary title that provides surprising technical details about the book form, the writing material, and the historical events surrounding it.
2021
Exploring Written Artefacts. Objects, Methods, and Concepts
978-3-11-074545-0
Coptic, manuscripts, literature
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The Unusual Story of a Wandering Book and its Physical Metamorphosis / Buzi, Paola. - (2021), pp. 1063-1075. - STUDIES IN MANUSCRIPT CULTURES.
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