The Making of the Oriental Book

Nice, 14-15 October 2011

The COMSt Team 1: Codicology organized its workshop focusing on The Making of the Oriental Book at the Maison du Séminaire, Nice, France on 14-15 October 2011.

Here you can download the programme conference flyer (PDF).
Here you can download the Workshop poster (PDF).

Here you can download the official workshop report (PDF).
Here you can download the detailed workshop report (PDF) by a recipient of a travel grant.

Workshop programme

The second COMSt Team 1 workshop, jointly organised by Françoise Briquel Chatonnet (CNRS - UMR 8167) and Marilena Maniaci (University of Cassino) was designed to explore "The making of the Oriental book", by defining the state of the art for the various manuscript traditions (Greek, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Georgian, Arabic, Ethiopic, Old Slavonic, Hebrew and Aramaic, Persian, Turkish). Both the chronological evolution and the diachronic variety of the documented practices was taken into consideration, according to book typologies, contents and functions. As in the first workshop (dedicated to "Book materials"), a special attention was devoted to highlighting similarities and differences and to discussing their possible explanations.

The following topics were covered: the making and the structure of the quires (main typologies; chronological evolution and geographical diffusion); organizing quires and bifolia (ordering, referencing, and 'navigating' systems in Oriental manuscripts); the preparation of the page through pricking and ruling (functions, forms and positions of pricking; ruling techniques, methods, systems, and types).

Friday, 14 October

9.15-9.30 Opening address
9.30-11.00 1st Session: The Making and Structure of Quires
11.30-13.00 1st Session continued
14.30-16.00 2nd Session: Numbering Quires, Leaves, Pages: Ordering, Referencing, and 'Navigating' Systems
16.30-19.30 2nd Session continued

Saturday, 15 October

9.00-10.30 3rd Session: The Preparation of the Page: Pricking and Ruling
11.00-12.30 3rd Session continued
12.30-13.00 Final Discussion and Conclusions

Workshop participants

1. Balicka-Witakowska, Ewa, SE
2. Bausi, Alessandro, DE
3. Beit-Arié, Malachi, IL
4. Binggeli, André, FR
5. Borbone, Pier Giorgio, IT
6. Briquel Chatonnet, Françoise, FR
7. Den Heijer, Johannes, BE
8. Déroche, François, FR
9. Emmel, Stephen, DE
10. Estève, Jean-Louis, FR
11. Fani, Sara, IT
12. Farina, Margherita, IT
13. Gippert, Jost, DE
14. Gori, Alessandro, IT
15. Ipert, Stéphane, FR
16. Kessel, Gregory, DE
17. Kouymjian, Dickran, FR
18. Lundhaug, Hugo, NO
19. Maniaci, Marilena, IT
20. Moukarzel, Joseph, LB
21. Nosnitsin, Denis, DE
22. Orsini, Pasquale, IT
23. Parodi, Laura, IT
24. Pasternak, Nurit, IL
25. Pilette, Perrine, BE
26. Rabin, Ira, DE
27. Ruani, Flavia, FR
28. Smelova, Natalia, UK
29. Sokolinskaia, Evgenia, DE
30. Torres Prieto, Susana, ES
31. Villey, Emilie, FR/IT
32. Vollandt, Ronny, UK/FR
33. Witakowski, Witold, SE
34. Zanetti, Ugo, BE