Editing the impossible: fragments, palimpsests, multiple recensions ...
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 14-15 October 2013
Workshop organization: Caroline Macé(Caroline.Mace"AT"arts.kuleuven.be), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Jost Gippert(gippert"AT"em.uni-frankfurt.de), Universität Frankfurt
Local organizer: Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst(durkin-meisterernst"AT"bbaw.de), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Venue: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Jägerstraße 22/23, 10117 Berlin
This last workshop of Teams 2 and 3 addressed the particular problems posed by fragmentary or complex transmission of texts. We took advantage of this workshop being hosted by the Akademienvorhaben Turfanforschung to have a presentation of some highlights of the Turfan collection. Most of the papers presented in this workshop will serve as case studies in the chapter on philology in COMSt handbook. The two editorial meetings planned during this workshop were devoted to the discussion of the connection between the case studies and the methodological part of the chapter.
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Workshop programme
Monday October 14
9:00 Opening of the workshop (welcoming, practical organization)
9:30-11:00 Session I
G. Kessel, Towards a prospective edition of the Syriac Galen Palimpsest: challenges and possible solutions
P. La Spisa, The Arabic Versions of the Martyrdom of Aretha and his companions in Najran: multiple recensions and "fluid" tradition
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Session II
M. Raaf, ImAnTo: A Software for Editing Palimpsests
I. Rabin, Presentation of tools for scientific material analysis of parchments and inks
13:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Editorial Meeting COMSt Handbook Chapter 2 - Part I: Methodological Part
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 Visit of the exhibition of the Turfan manuscripts collection
19:00 Dinner
Tuesday October 15
9:00-10:30 Session III
D. Durkin-Meisterernst, Editorial practices in dealing with the fragments in the Berlin Turfan Collection
A. Cantera, Editing the Zoroastrian long liturgy 10:30 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Editorial Meeting COMSt Handbook Chapter 2 - Part II: Case Studies
12:30 Lunch
Workshop participants
Andrews, Tara, Belgium
Balicka-Witakowska, Ewa, Sweden
Bausi, Alessandro, Germany
Borbone, Pier Giorgio, Italy
Cantera, Alberto, Spain
Cronier, Marie, France
Den Heijer, Johannes, Belgium
Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond, Germany
Giannouli, Antonia, Cyprus
Gippert, Jost, Germany
Kessel, Gregory, Germany
La Spisa, Paolo, Italy
Lundhaug, Hugo, Norway
Macé, Caroline, Belgium
Marx, Michael, Germany
Mengozzi, Alessandro, Italy
Moureau, Sébastien, Belgium
Raaf, Manuel, Germany
Rabin, Ira, Germany
Ragetti, Lucia, Germany
Searby, Denis, Sweden
Sels, Lara, Belgium
Van Peursen, Wido, Netherlands
Voicu, Sever, Italy
Zanetti, Ugo, Belgium
Fedeli, Alba, UK