Edited by
Alessandro Bausi, Paola Buzi, Marilena Maniaci, Zisis Melissakis, Laura E. Parodi, Eugenia Sokolinski
Bulletin
Volume 1 • Number 1 • Spring 2015
COMSt
ISSN 2410-0951
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Editorial Board
Alessandro Bausi, Hamburg, Germany Paola Buzi, Rome, Italy
Marilena Maniaci, Cassino, Italy Zisis Melissakis, Athens, Greece Laura E. Parodi, Genoa, Italy Editorial Secretary
Eugenia Sokolinski, Hamburg, Germany Advisory Board
Tara Andrews, Bern, Switzerland Patrick Andrist, Fribourg, Switzerland Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, Uppsala, Sweden Malachi Beit-Arié, Jerusalem, Israel Pier Giorgio Borbone, Pisa, Italy
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Ira Rabin, Berlin – Hamburg, Germany Lara Sels, Leuven, Belgium
Gaga Shurgaia, Venice, Italy
Jan-Just Witkam, Leiden, The Netherlands
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ISSN 2410-0951
COMSt Bulletin 1/1 (2015)
Contents
Editorial: From the Newsletter to the Bulletin 5 Articles and notes
Antonella B
rita, The manuscript as a leaf puzzle: the case of the Gädlä
sämaʿtat from ʿUra Qirqos (Ethiopia) 7
Antonia G
iannouli, Critical editions and the complementary
apparatuses to a critical apparatus 21
Antony P
errot, Daniel S
toeklB
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zra, and Eibert t
iGchelaar,
More red ink on the Qumran manuscript 11Q22 29 Ira r
aBin, Oliver h
ahn, Roger e
aSton, Jr., Keith T. k
nox, Ken
B
oydSton, Gregory h
eyworth, Timoty l
eonardi, and Michael P
helPS,
Initial inspection of reagent damage to the Vercelli Book 34 Projects in manuscript studies
Mareike B
eez, Orient-Digital database and Islamic book art 46 Heinz M
iklaS, CIMA (Centre of Image and Material Analysis in
Cultural Heritage), Vienna 50 Michael E. S
tone, The Rock Inscriptions and Graffiti Project of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem 52 Conference reports
Karin S
chePer, The Tenth Islamic Manuscript Conference
(Cambridge, 31 August –2 September 2014) 58 Myriam W
iSSa, Comparative codicology, 9
th–10
thcenturies AD
(London, 31 October 2014) 60
Matthew P. M
onGer, Bible as Notepad (Oslo, 10–12 December 2014) 61 Ewa B
alicka-W
itakowSka, Christian and Islamic manuscripts
of Ethiopia: A comparative approach (12
th–20
thcenturies)
(Paris, 12–13 December 2014) 63
Antonella B
rita, Martin d
elhey, and Vito l
oruSSo,
Ordering knowledge: listing, shelving, structuring manuscripts
(Hamburg, 30–31 January 2015) 65
Javier d
elB
arco, Sephardic book art of the fifteenth century
(Lisbon, 25–27 February 2015) 66
Evyn k
roPf, Traditions of papermaking in the Islamic world
(London, 23–27 March 2015) 69
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