Abbreviations and selected bibliography |
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Chapter I: |
Introduction |
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1. The codex |
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The rotulus |
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2. Codicology – development, approaches to the study of hand-produced books, trends |
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3. Hebrew codicology |
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Statistical tables 1-3: Geo-cultural and chronological distributions of immigrant scribes |
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4. Extant manuscripts, geo-cultural classification of codicological practices and types of book script |
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Table 4: Geo-cultural distribution of manuscript genres |
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Branches and main types of codicological traditions and script styles |
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Tables 5-10: General statistics of the database, geo-cultural, chronological and Geo-chronological diffusion of the dated manuscripts until 1540 |
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5. The singularity of Hebrew book production |
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Tables 11-13: Distribution of copying destination and the proportions of self-production and commissioned production |
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6. The indispensability of the comparative perspective for Hebrew codicology |
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Chapter II: |
Colophon components and scribal formulae |
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1. Names of manuscript producers and division of labour between them |
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How did scribes disclose their names by the copied text and multi-hand manuscripts |
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2. Destination of copying |
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3. Dating systems |
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4. Indication of locality |
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5. Personal and historical information |
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6. Information on copying conditions and on the exemplar |
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7. The duration of copying and its pace |
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132 |
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8. Blessings |
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138 |
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9. Scribal formulae |
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140 |
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Chapter III: |
Writing materials |
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Parchment: visual appearance of Italian, Franco-German (in comparison to Latin mss), Middle Eastern, Sefardic and Byzantine manuscripts |
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Oriental (Arabic) and Occidental paper |
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167 |
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The disposition types of laid and chain lines in Oriental paper |
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Combination of paper and parchment (mixed quiring) |
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Tables 14-16: Distribution of writing materials until 1500 |
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Ink |
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193 |
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Chapter IV: |
Quiring |
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Ordering parchment bifolia and beginning of the quires |
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Quire composition practices |
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Quiring practices classified by geo-cultural zones and tables 17-19 |
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Chapter V: |
Marking the sequence of quires, bifolia or folios in the codex |
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Catchwords: quire, bifolium, folio, page, column catchwords |
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Counter-catchwords |
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Signatures: types of quire signatures, bifolium and folio numeration |
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Marking the central opening of the quire |
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252 |
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Chapter VI: |
The scaffolding of copying – The architectural disposition of the copied text and its techniques |
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Ruling patterns and the dynamic and changing ruling |
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Guiding pricking for horizontals ruling: in outer margins, in outer and inner margins, double prickings for through lines, single prickings for guiding template ruling |
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Ruling |
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Relief ruling by hard point: unfolded parchment bifolium on hair side / on flesh side, consecutive folios / bifolia at once on hair side, folio by folio |
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Blind ruling by boards or templates: ruling paper by mastara in the Middle East, by ruling board in Spain and Italy, by folding |
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Coloured ruling: by plummet, engraving plummet and with ink |
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Regional presentation of pricking and ruling practices and their transformations |
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Tables 23-34: Diffusion of pricking and ruling practices |
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Chapter VII: |
Line management and its impact on the copying pace and the comfort of reading |
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Line justification which does not interfere with the integrity of last words |
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320 |
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Line justification which breaks up last words |
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Chapter VIII: |
Legibility of the text, transparency of its structure and the graphic hierarchy of its layers |
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337 |
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Chapter IX: |
The affinity between the copying of the text and its decoration, illumination and illustration |
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353 |
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Chapter X: |
Bibliographical, codicological and palaeographical units and methods for distinguishing between hands |
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357 |
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Chapter XI: |
Hebrew palaeography: Modes of medieval book-script, their diffusion and function, script types and their evolution |
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375 |
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Branches of Hebrew script: The “Islamic”, Latin “Christian” and “Byzantine” branch |
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380 |
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The three-operation mode of the Hebrew script structure: The Square, Semi-Cursive and Cursive; the selection of mode and its function |
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382 |
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Script types and their modes |
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396 |
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Scripts in the Islamic zones: The Eastern Islamic sub-branch: The Middle Eastern type |
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398 |
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The Yemenite and the Persian sub-types |
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400 |
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The Western Islamic sub-branch: The Sefardic type |
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401 |
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The scripts in the Western Christianity zones: The Ashkenazi type |
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415 |
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The Italian type |
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424 |
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The Byzantine type |
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431 |
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Chapter XII: |
Selected specimens of cursive scripts with annotated transcriptions |
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437 |
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Chapter XIII: |
The textual aspect: Deliberate intervention in the transmission and unconscious corruption |
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459 |
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Publication of texts in the Middle Ages |
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459 |
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Personal production and its impact on the transmission: the scholarly copying as against the duplication of texts by hired scribes |
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467 |
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The implications on textual criticism and on the editing of texts |
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480 |
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Afterword |
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491 |
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Reflections on the mystery of the uniformity of Hebrew book craft in each of the geo-cultural entities and on the extent of affinity to the host tradition |
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491 |
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The evolution of manuscript book production – progression or regression? |
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1. Production techniques. |
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2. Line management |
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3. Legibility of the text and its transparency |
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