Conference "On Colophons"

Universität Hamburg,

3rd to 5th of December, 2009

Colophons are encountered frequently in most of the world's manuscript
cultures. Although they are an indispensable aid to the study of
manuscripts, for example as a means of dating manuscripts or obtaining
information about their transmission, to date few efforts have been made to
examine them on a systematic and comparative basis. We aim to fill this gap
at this conference, the first to be organized by the research group
'Manuscript Cultures in Asia and Afrika' at Universität Hamburg.
During the conference, we hope to address the topic with specialists from
various fields of study. As far as we know, this will be the first time the
topic has been considered by giving special attention to discussion of the
diverse manuscript traditions based on different writing cultures. Although
the majority of participants will be working on text-based manuscript
cultures, we also welcome contributions from neighbouring fields such as
Art History and Medieval Studies.

3rd December 2009 | Warburg-Haus

2.15 pm­2.30 pm
Opening and Welcome

2.30 pm­3.30 pm
Keynote Lecture
Prof Dr Richard Salomon, University of Washington

4.00 pm­5.00 pm
On Colophons in Medieval Latin Manuscript Culture: Some Considerations of
History, Typology, and Codicological Methodology
Dr. Lucien Reynhout, Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique

5.00 pm­6.00 pm
Das Kolophon in den jüdischen Handschriften unter besonderer
Berücksichtigung der Bibelhandschriften der Sammlung von Giovanni Bernardo
de' Rossi in der Biblioteca Palatina von Parma
Prof Dr Gianfranco Miletto, Universität Halle

4th December 2009 | Asien-Afrika-Institut

10.00 am­11.00 am
Writer's Word and Writer's Merit: Colophons in Japanese Buddhist Manuscript
Tradition
Mark Schneider, M.A., Universität Hamburg

11.00 am­12.00 noon
Colophons in Chinese Buddhist Manuscripts: Towards a Definition and its
Basic Features
Dr WANG Ding , Universität Hamburg

2.00 pm­3.00 pm
Colophons in the Tibetan Textual Tradition
Prof Dr Dorji Wangchuk, Universität Hamburg

3.00 pm­4.00 pm
The Old Turkish Buddhist Colophons ‹ their Origin and their Developments
Dr Yukiyo Kasai, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften,
Turfanforschung

4.30 pm­5.30 pm
Aus der Welt der buddhistischen Kolophone von Gilgit bis Lan Na
Prof Dr Oskar von Hinüber, Universität Freiburg

5.30 pm­6.30 pm
Colophons in Thai Manuscripts
Prof Dr Volker Grabowsky, Universität Hamburg

5th December 2009 | Asien-Afrika-Institut

9.00 am­10.00 am
Colophons in Arabic Manuscripts
Dr Rosemarie Quiring-Zoche, Universität Jena

10.00 am­11.00 am
Colophons in Persian Manuscripts
Prof Iraj Afshar, University of Teheran

1.00 pm­2.00 pm
Arabic and Ajami Colophons in West Africa and 19th-century Brazil
Prof Dr Nikolay Dobronravin, St. Petersburg State University

2.00 pm­3.00 pm
Ethiopian Manuscripts

For further information please visit our website:
http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/

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Prof. Dr. Jörg B. Quenzer
Universität Hamburg, Asien-Afrika-Institut
Abt. für Sprache und Kultur Japans
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Ost
D-20146 Hamburg
joerg.quenzeruni-hamburg.de