Manuscript Cultures
Trends in Statistical CodicologyVolume 19 of 'Studies in Manuscript Cultures’ published
12 November 2021
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The new edition of 'Studies in Manuscript Cultures' is now available as open access. The volume provides a comprehensive picture of the application of statistical methodology to various aspects of manuscript production.
The application of statistical techniques to the study of manuscript books, based on the analysis of large data sets acquired through the archaeological observation of manuscripts, is one of the most original trends in codicological research, aiming not only to reconstruct on a sound basis the methods and processes used in book manufacture and their tendential evolution in space and time, but also to interpret them as the result of a dynamic interplay between various and often incompatible needs (of cultural, technical, social, and economic nature) that book artisans had to reconcile in the best possible way.
Trends in Statistical Codicology, the latest volume in the series ‘Studies in Manuscript Cultures’, offers a multifarious picture of the application of statistical methodology to the various aspects of manuscript production, namely analysis of materials, characterization of book types, manufacturing techniques, planning and use of layout characterization of scripts and scribal habits.
Edited by Marilena Maniaci, the volume aims to present to a wider readership a series of significant papers which have appeared over the last fifteen years, by means of which the statistical approach continues to demonstrate its vast potential. Like almost all editions of SMC, it is published as open access and can be downloaded for free from our website.