manuscript cultures

Editors: Michael Friedrich and Jörg B. Quenzer

CSMC’s academic journal was established as newsletter of the research unit ‘Manuscript Cultures in Asia and Africa’ in 2008 and transformed into a scholarly journal with the appearance of vol 4 in 2011. manuscript cultures (mc) publishes exhibition catalogues and articles contributing to the study of written artefacts. This field of study embraces disciplines such as art history, codicology, epigraphy, history, material analysis, palaeography and philology.

manuscript cultures encourages comparative approaches, without regional, linguistic, temporal or other limitations on the objects studied; it contributes to a larger historical and systematic survey of the role of written artefacts in ancient and modern cultures, and in so doing provides a new foundation for ongoing discussions in cultural studies.

Every volume of manuscript cultures has been peer-reviewed and is openly accessible.

If you wish to present your research in one of our publications, please contact the editorial office.
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	manuscript cultures 17 Proceedings of the conference 'One Text, Many Forms – A Comparative View of the Variability of Swahili Manuscripts' Edited by Ridder H. Samson and Clarissa Vierke
	manuscript cultures 16 „Farbe trifft Landkarte“ \| ‘Colour Meets Map’ Ausstellungskatalog \| Exhibition Catalogue Exhibition at the Museum am Rothenbaum - Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK), Hamburg, 27 August 2021 - 30 January 2022. Edited by Kathrin Enzel, Oliver Hahn, Susanne Knödel, and Jochen Schlüter
	manuscript cultures 15 Natural Sciences, Technology and Informatics in Manuscript Analysis Proceedings of the third International Conference on Natural Sciences and Technology in Manuscript Analysis and the workshop OpenX for Interdisciplinary Computational Manuscript Research that took place at the University of Hamburg, Centre of the Study of Manuscript Cultures, on 12–14 June 2018. Edited by Oliver Hahn, Volker Märgner, Ira Rabin, and H. Siegfried Stiehl
	manuscript cultures 14 „Die Macht der Schrift: Die Manuskriptkultur der Toba-Batak aus Nord-Sumatra“ \| ‘The Power of Writing: The Manuscript Culture of the Toba Batak from North Sumatra’ Ausstellungskatalog \| Exhibition Catalogue „Die Macht der Schrift: Die Manuskriptkultur der Toba-Batak aus Nord-Sumatra“ \| ‘The Power of Writing: The Manuscript Culture of the Toba Batak from North Sumatra’ at Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK), Hamburg, 7 Mai – 14 June 2020 and the exhibition ‘Pameran Naskah-Naskah Batak’ \| „Ausstellung von Batak-Manuskripten“ at the Indonesian Consulate General at Hamburg, 7 – 24. March 2020. Edited by Jan van der Putten und Roberta Zollo
	manuscript cultures 13 Homiletic Collections in Greek and Oriental Manuscripts Proceedings of the Conference ‘Hagiographico-Homiletic Collections in Greek, Latin and Oriental Manuscripts – Histories of Books and Text Transmission in a Comparative Perspective’ Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, 23–24 June 2017 Edited by Jost Gippert and Caroline Macé
	manuscript cultures 11 Proceedings of the 'Second International Conference on Natural Sciences and Technology in Manuscript Analysis' at the University of Hamburg, SFB 950 'Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa' – Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, 29 February to 2 March 2016. Edited by Christian Brockmann, Oliver Hahn, Volker Märgner, Ira Rabin, and H. Siegfried Stiehl
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	manuscript cultures 9 Catalogue for the Exhibition “Wonders of Creation – Ottoman Manuscripts in Hamburg Collections” at the State and University Library Hamburg 16 September to 30 October 2016 Edited by Janina Karolewski and Yavuz Köse Second revised edition 2018
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	manuscript cultures 7 Proceedings of the 'Conference on Natural Sciences and Technology in Manuscript Analysis' at the University of Hamburg, SFB 950 'Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa' – Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, 4–6 December 2013. Edited by Christian Brockmann, Michael Friedrich, Oliver Hahn, Bernd Neumann, and Ira Rabin
	manuscript cultures 6 Catalogue for the Exhibition "Tora – Talmud – Siddur: Hebräische Handschriften der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg" at the State and University Library Hamburg 18 September to 26 October 2014 Edited by Irina Wandrey
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	manuscript cultures 4 Catalogue of the exhibition "Faszination Handschrift: 2000 Jahre Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa" in the Hamburg State and University Library 17 November 2011 to 8 January 2012 Edited by Jörg B. Quenzer Second revised edition 2014
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