I agree with Deepro about the absence of any good, comprehensive book. But to add to the readings, I would mention some lesser-known sources:
- Grierson, George Abraham. 1916. “On the Sarada Alphabet.” The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 677–708. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25189479. - Murthy, R. S. Shivaganesha. 1996. Introduction to Manuscriptology. Delhi: Sharada Publishing House. - Nair, K. Maheswaran. 1998. Manuscriptology. Trivandrum: Swantham Books. - Mukhopadhyaya, Bijayanath. 1985. Administration of Manuscript Libraries with Special Reference to Sanskrit. Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series. Calcutta: Sanskrit College. - Tripāṭhī, Chandrabhāl. 1975. Catalogue of the Jaina Manuscripts at Strasbourg. Indologia Berolinensis ; Bd. 4. Leiden: E. J. Brill. (Introduction) Best, Dominik On Mon, 8 May 2023 at 17:11, Deepro Chakraborty via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > 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.* > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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