manuscript cultures 5
Manuscript Terminology: a Plurilingual Perspective3
by Marilena Maniaci
Hand-Writing Styles in Early Chinese Manuscripts11
by William G. Boltz
Articles
Writing, Preserving and Disseminating Scientific Knowledge:
Some Remarks on Manuscripts and Other Writing Supports in Ancient Greece20
by Lorenzo Perilli
Greek Ostraca: an Overview33
by Francesca Maltomini
Manuscript Culture of West Africa42
by Mauro Nobili
Standards and Specifics – the Layout of Arabic Didactic Poems in Manuscripts52
by Frederike-Wiebke Daub
On the Eight Uses of Palm Leaf: ōlai and ēṭu in the Tamil Literature of the First Millennium68
by Eva Wilden
Character Variation in Early Chinese Manuscripts76
by William G. Boltz
Innocence Lost – Sutra Writing and Calligraphic Style84
by Uta Lauer
The Tibetan Kanjur: Regional Patterns and Preliminary Paper Typology of Manuscripts and Xylographs92
by Agnieszka Helman-Ważny
The Study of Manuscripts: a Natural Scientist’s Approach103
by Oliver Hahn, Emanuel Kindzorra, Ira Rabin
Contributors116