You are most welcome. I cannot think of any single book that covers all such issues. You can check some of the volumes of Studies in Manuscript Cultures <https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/publications/smc.html>. Some volumes are particularly dedicated to Indic manuscripts, such as Volume 10: Bidur Bhattarai's Dividing Texts: Conventions of Visual Text-Organisation in Nepalese and North Indian Manuscripts <https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/publications/smc/smc10.html>. For the Kashmiri manuscripts, I would recommend Michael Witzel's 1994 article "Kashmiri Manuscripts and Pronunciation <https://archive.org/details/kashmiri-manuscripts-and-pronunciation-witzel> ".
Deepro On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 4:47 PM Harry Spier <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Deepro, > What you say makes sense, that it is a copy of a Sharada manuscript > carrying over the characteristics of the original. > On a broader point, I've seen courses on manuscriptology advertised many > places over the years, so I'm wondering if there are any books that have > been written on manuscriptology that cover all these practical issues that > come up when you look at actual manuscripts. > Harry Spier > Harry Spier > > > On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 6:21 PM Deepro Chakraborty <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Harry, >> >> The *avagraha* in the Devanāgari manuscript seems to follow the trait of >> Sharada manuscripts in which the *avagraha* functions as a sandhi mark >> <https://symbl.cc/en/111C9/>. So, it has a broader use than just being >> used in cases of an *abhinihita *sandhi. >> >> Deepro Chakraborty >> (he/him) >> PhD candidate >> Department of History, Classics, and Religion >> University of Alberta >> >> *The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on >> ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) Treaty 6 territory, and respects the >> history, languages, and cultures of the First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and >> all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our >> institution.* >> > -- Deepro Chakraborty (he/him) PhD candidate Department of History, Classics, and Religion University of Alberta *The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) Treaty 6 territory, and respects the history, languages, and cultures of the First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our institution.*
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