Personal manuscripts : : copying, drafting, taking notes / / edited by David Durand-Guédy, Jürgen Paul.

• Superior document: Studies in Manuscript Cultures,x23659696 ; 30
• TeilnehmendeR: Durand-Guédy, David,; Paul, Jürgen,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : DE GRUYTER,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in manuscript cultures ; 30.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 547 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Personal Manuscripts
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by David Durand-Guédy, Jürgen Paul.

Some manuscripts have been produced for the personal use of their scribe only; whereas a number of them are valued as autographs, most have been ephemeral and were discarded. Personal manuscripts were not written for a patron, commissioner, or client. They are personal copies, anthologies, florilegia, personal notes, excerpts, drafts and notebooks, as well as family books, accountancy notebooks and many others; these forms often being mixed with one another. This volume introduces a number of such manuscripts in a comparative perspective, from Japan to Europe through the Middle East, with a focus on the Near and Middle East. The main concern is the possibility of identifying typical features of such manuscripts in terms of materials, visual organization and content. In attempting this, both the conditions of production and traces of the manuscripts' use are taken into consideration, with particular attention to their material aspects.