Manuscript and Text Cultures is an open-access academic journal focused on pre-modern manuscript and epigraphic traditions from different parts of the world.
This article discusses the Western Han manuscript Wang Ji obtained by Peking University, which consists of a narrative poem relating the life of Wang Ji, a woman of utterly repulsive appearance, and her bitter conflicts with her husband Zhou Chun and...
This paper surveys the history of the Herculaneum papyri, as well as past, current and future research on the collection. Buried under the ashes of Vesuvius in the eruption of AD 79, the so-called Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum contains the only lib...
This article discusses a little-known Tibetan bound-book format, using examples from a unique collection of manuscripts, named Drangsong, belonging to the Bon religion of Tibet. Despite the fact that Tibetan sewn books are rare compared to other form...
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