Manuscripts and Performances in Religions, Arts, and Sciences

• Main Authors: Brita, Antonella, Karolewski, Janina, Husson, Matthieu, Miolo, Laure, Wimmer, Hanna
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2024; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Edition: 1
• Series: Studies in Manuscript Cultures
• Subjects: ART / History / General; ART / Performance; ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious; calculations; ceremony; Cultural and media studies; Handschriftenkunde; handwritten artefacts; History; History and Archaeology; History of art; History of religion; History: specific events and topics; Interdisciplinary studies; Kalkulation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Religion; Media studies; Performanz; Philosophy and Religion; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; RELIGION / General; Religion and beliefs; Religious and ceremonial art; Social and cultural history; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; The Arts; The Arts: treatments and subjects; Zeremonie; Zeremonie; performance; Performanz; Handschriftenkunde; ceremony; handwritten artefacts; Kalkulation; calculations
• ISBN: 3111343472; 9783111343556; 9783111343471; 9783111343884; 311134388X; 3111343553
• DOI: 10.1515/9783111343556

Throughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most cultures today. By focusing on the role manuscripts have in different kinds of performances, this volume contributes to the evolving field of investigating written artefacts and their functions. The collected essays regard manuscripts as points of intersection where textual, material, and performative aspects converge. The contributors analyse manuscripts in their forms and functions as well as their positioning in the performances for which they were made. These aspects unfold across the volume’s three sections, examining how manuscripts are (1) used backstage, for preparing and giving instructions for performances; (2) taken onstage, contributing to the enactment of performances; and (3) performers in their own right, producing an effect on the audience. The diversified, interdisciplinary, and innovative methodologies of the included papers carry great potential to expand the traditional approaches of manuscript studies and find application outside the contributors’ respective fields. ; Throughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most cultures today. By focusing on the role manuscripts have in different kinds of performances, this volume contributes to the evolving field of investigating written artefacts and their functions. The collected essays regard manuscripts as points of intersection where textual, material, and performative aspects converge. The contributors analyse manuscripts in their forms and functions as well as their positioning in the performances for which they were made. These aspects unfold across the volume’s three sections, examining how manuscripts are (1) used backstage, for preparing and giving instructions for performances; (2) taken onstage, contributing to the enactment of performances; and (3) performers in their own right, producing an effect on the audience. The diversified, interdisciplinary, and innovative methodologies of the included papers carry great potential to expand the traditional approaches of manuscript studies and find application outside the contributors’ respective fields.