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Articles

The Library at the East Indian Buddhist Monastery Vikramaśīla:
An Attempt to Identify its Himalayan Remains2
by Martin Delhey

Introduction to the History, Use and Function of Chinese Book Collectors’ Seals25
by Max Fölster

The Manuscript Collection of Abbot Sathu Nyai Khamchan at the Monastery of Vat Saen Sukharam(Luang Prabang, Laos)53
by Bounleuth Sengsoulin

Audience Certificates in Arabic Manuscripts – the Genre and a Case Study75
by Tilman Seidensticker

On the Threshold between Legend and History: the Afterlife of a Mackenzie Manuscript92
by Eva Wilden

The Secondary Life of Old Georgian Manuscripts99
by Jost Gippert

Some Preliminary Observations on the Afterlife of Notre Dame Fragments138
by Eva M. Maschke

Identifying Codicological Sub-units in Bamboo Manuscripts: Verso Lines Revisited157
by Thies Staack

Material Technology and Science in Manuscripts of Persian Mystical Literature187
by Mandana Barkeshli

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