Networks of Manuscript Production and Circulation in Medieval Armenia

Van Elverdinghe, Emmanuel (2. September 2021): Networks of Manuscript Production and Circulation in Medieval Armenia. A First Appraisal. Association Internationale des Études Arméniennes XV General Conference, Halle (Saale), Deutschland, 2. - 4. September 2021.

Abstract

As is well known, manuscript books had a crucial role in the elaboration and transmission of Armenian culture, thought, and art. This paper aims to open up new research avenues by switching the traditional focus from major production centres, scribes, and artists to the circulation of manuscripts. The study of manuscript mobility, be it deliberate (via personal or institutional networks and traveling artisans) or accidental (through sale or plunder and recovery), has great potential for deepening our understanding of the cultural dynamics at work in medieval Armenian societies.

• Dokumententyp: Konferenzbeitrag (Vortrag)
• Keywords: Armenian manuscripts; copyists; cultural history; copying centres; mobilities, armenische Handschriften; Kopisten; Kulturgeschichte; Scriptoria; Mobilität von Gelehrten
• Fakultät: Evangelische Theologie > Abteilung für Kirchengeschichte
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 380 Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr ; 800 Literatur > 890 Andere Literaturen ; 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 940 Geschichte Europas ; 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 950 Geschichte Asiens
• Sprache: Englisch