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.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
• Keywords: Armenian manuscripts; copyists; cultural history; copying centres; mobilities, armenische Handschriften; Kopisten; Kulturgeschichte; Scriptoria; Mobilität von Gelehrten
• Faculties: Protestant Theology > Institute of Church History
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 380 Commerce, communications and transportation; 800 Literature > 890 Other literatures; 900 History and geography > 940 History of Europe; 900 History and geography > 950 History of Asia
• Language: English