Book Materials in Oriental Cultures
Pisa, 26-27 November 2010
The COMSt Team 1: Codicology organized its workshop focusing on Book Materials in Oriental Cultures at the University of Pisa on 26 and 27 November 2010.
Here you can download the updated programme conference flyer (PDF).
Here you can download the final conference report (PDF).
Workshop programme
Friday, 26th November
9.30-10.00 Petra Sijpestein, Arabic Papyrus Codices
10.00-10.30 François Déroche, Particularités de l'emploi du parchemin dans les manuscrits coraniques des VIIe-IXe siècles
Coffee break
11.00-11.30 Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, The Transition from Parchment to Paper in Syriac Manuscripts
11.30-12.00 Margherita Farina – Pier Giorgio Borbone, The Syriac Manuscripts in the Medicea Laurenziana Library, Florence: Forms and Materials
12.00-12.30 Felix Albrecht, The Phenomenon of Palimpsesting – Using the example of Codex Ephraemi Syri rescriptus (Cod. Paris. gr. 9)
12.30-13.00 Discussion
Lunch
14.30-15.30 Paola Buzi - Stephen Emmel, The Codicology of Coptic Manuscript Books: Papyrus, Parchment, Paper
15.30-16.00 Dickran Kouymjian, The Transition from Parchment to Paper and Majuscule to Minuscule: the Codicological Consequences on Armenian Manuscripts
Coffee break
16.30-17.00 Marilena Maniaci, Parchment as a Writing Material in Byzantine Manuscripts
17.00-17.30 Paul Canart, Les papiers orientaux dans les manuscrits grecs: état de la question
17.30-18.00 Discussion
18.00-19.30 Meeting of Team 1
20.30 Dinner
Saturday, 27th November
9.30-10.00 Jost Gippert, Georgian Manuscripts on Mt. Sinai - Parchment, Papyrus, and Paper
10.00-10.30 Monique Zerdoun, Les matériaux du livre hébreu au miroir de leurs milieux culturels de production: ressemblances et particularités
Coffee break
11.00-11.30 Ewa Balicka Witakowska, Inks and Colours in Ethiopian Manuscript Book: Production and Use
11.30-12.00 Patricia Roger, Pigments et encres dans les manuscrits orientaux: application des analyses spectrométriques sur quelques exemplaires conservés à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France
12.00-12.30 Ira Rabin, Manuscript Studies assisted by Natural Sciences
12.30-13.00 Discussion and conclusions
Workshop participants
2. Albrecht, Felix, DE
3. Balicka Witakowska, Ewa, SE
4. Bausi, Alessandro, DE
5. Borbone, Pier Giorgio, IT
6. Braida, Emanuela, IT
7. Briquel-Chatonnet, Francoise, FR
8. Brita, Antonella, IT
9. Buzi, Paola, IT
10. Campanile, Domitilla, IT
11. Canart, Paul, IT
12. Catastini, Alessandro, IT
13. Ciula, Arianna, FR
14. D'Ancona, Cristina, IT
15. de Groot, Z.H., NL
16. Dege, Sophia, DE
17. Déroche, Francois, FR
18. Desreumaux, Alain, FR
19. Emmel, Stephen, DE
20. Estève, Jean-Louis, FR
21. Facella, Margherita, IT
22. Fani, Sara, IT
23. Farina, Margherita, IT
24. Funghi, Maria Serena, IT
25. Gazakova, Zuzana, SK
26. Gippert, Jost, DE
27. Gori, Alessandro, IT
28. Ipert, Stéphane, FR
29. Kessel, Gregory, DE
30. Kouymijan, Dickran, FR
31. Macé, Caroline, BE
32. Maniaci, Marilena, IT
33. Menchelli, Mariella, IT
34. Nobili, Mauro, IT
35. Nyström, Eva, SE
36. Orengo, Alessandro, IT
37. Pirronello, Marcella, IT
38. Pratelli, Simone I.M., IT
39. Rabin, Ira, DE
40. Raggetti, Lucia, IT
41. Rossi, Irene, IT
42. Russo, Maria Luisa, IT
43. Sajjidi, Nafiseh, DE
44. Sijpestein, Petra, NL
45. Smelova, Natalia, UK/RU
46. Sokolinskaia, Evgenia, DE
47. Tchernetska, Natalie, UK
48. Tinti, Irene, IT
49. Zerdoun, Monique, FR