Conference "One-Volume Libraries", Universität Hamburg, 7-9 October 2010

In manuscript studies, the traditional English word "miscellany", just as
its counterparts in other European languages, is an ambiguous term. It
refers not only to codicological units containing more than one text, but
also to secondary units made up of formerly independent ones. Research on
terminology, typology and individual cases of both has made remarkable
progress in recent years - but only in European Classical and Medieval
Studies. Even though Byzantine and Arabic manuscripts are considered once
in a while, the overwhelming majority of manuscript cultures and extant
manuscripts from the rest of the world have not been included until now.

This conference will bring together eminent scholars with expertise in the
manuscript cultures of East Asia, South and South-East Asia, Central and
West Asia, North and East Africa, and Western Europe. They will compare
findings and explore possibilities to arrive at general conclusions
concerning "one-volume libraries" which seem to have been produced in
many, if not all manuscript cultures.

Venues:

Universität Hamburg
Asien-Afrika-Institut
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 (East)
20146 Hamburg

Forschergruppe Manuskriptkulturen in Asien und Afrika (MCAA)
Rothenbaumchaussee 34
20148 Hamburg

Programme:

7 October 2010 | Asien-Afrika-Institut

14:00-14:15
Opening and Welcome

14:15-15:15
Composite Manuscripts and Multiple Text Manuscripts in Japan
Prof Dr Niels Gülberg, Waseda University, Tôkyô

15:15-16:15
Multiple Text Manuscripts from Early Imperial China (2nd Century BCE)
Prof Dr Michael Friedrich, Universität Hamburg

16:45-17:45
Manuscripts as Products of Accumulation: The Case of a 10th Century
Chinese Manuscript
Dr Imre Galambos, British Library (IDP), London

17:45-18:45
One-Volume Libraries in the Malay Tradition
Prof Dr Ulrich Kratz, University of London (SOAS)

8 October 2010 | Asien-Afrika-Institut

9:00-10:00
Manuscripts about "Religious Advantages" (ânisansa) in Cambodian Monastic
Libraries
Prof Dr Olivier de Bernon, Ecole Française d'Extrême Orient, Paris

10:00-11:00
A Buddhist Multiple Text Manuscript from Gilgit (Northern Pakistan)
Dr Grudrun Melzer, Universität Leipzig

11:30-12:30
Collecting the Secret: Multiple Text Manuscripts of Buddhist Tantric
Literature in Sanskrit
Prof Dr Harunaga Isaacson, Universität Hamburg

14:00-15:00
Tibetan Zen Miscellanies: The Roles of Pedagogy, Patronage and Liturgy in
the Creation of Multiple Text Manuscripts
Dr Sam van Schaik, British Library (IDP), London

15:00-16:00
Composite Manuscripts and Multiple Text Manuscripts in the Cairo Genizah
Prof Dr Avihai Shivtiel, University of Leeds

16:30-17:30
Arabic Collective Manuscripts and the Teaching Tradition of the Mediaeval
Madrasa
Prof Dr Gerhard Endreß, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

17:30-18:30
From Portable Libraries to Scrapbooks: Ottoman Miscellaneous Manuscripts
in the Early Modern Age
Prof Dr Jan Schmidt, Universiteit Leiden

9 October 2010 | Asien-Afrika-Institut

9:00-10:00
A few Observations on Text Collections, Handbooks and Miscellanies in
the Ethiopian Islamic Tradition
Prof Dr Alessandro Gori, Università degli Studi di Firenze

10:30-11:30
Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Church Identities: The Ethiopian Evidence
Prof Dr Alessandro Bausi, Universität Hamburg

11:30-12:30
Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Church Identities: Alexandria and Antioch in
the Codex Veronensis LX
Prof Dr Alberto Camplani, Università di Roma (La Sapienza)

14:00-15:00
From Single Text to Multiple Text Manuscripts: Transmission Changes in
Coptic Literary Tradition. Some Case-Studies from the White Monastery
Library
Dr Paola Buzi, Universität Hamburg

15:00-16:00
Mravaltavi. Old Georgian Collective Manuscripts
Prof Dr Jost Gippert, Universität Frankfurt

16:30-17:30
The Mediaeval Codex as a Multifaceted Container: the Greek and Latin
Tradition
Prof Dr Marilena Maniaci, Università degli Studi di Cassino

17:30-18:00
Conclusion

Discussants

Dr Dmitry Bondarev, University of London (SOAS)
Prof Dr François Déroche, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
Prof Dr Philip J. Jaggar, University of London (SOAS)

10 October 2010 | Forschergruppe Manuskriptkulturen in Asien und Afrika

10:00-12:00
Presentation of the Concept of the "Encyclopedia of Manuscript Cultures in
Asia and Africa"

For further information please contact:

Forschergruppe Manuskriptkulturen in Asien und Afrika (MCAA)
Tel.: +49-(0)40-42838-7127
Fax: +49-(0)40-42838-4899
http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de

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