Codicological issues in exploring the Christian Sogdian Manuscript Fragment Tradition

Abstract

This contribution is intended to relate the study of the Christian Sogdian manuscript fragment tradition, the least investigated of all those belonging to the Christian Orient during late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, to the codicological principles developed within much better documented manuscript traditions, whether fragmentary or not. In establishing this necessary link, theoretical assumptions and practical implications are discussed.

On the Numbering of Quires in the Christian Sogdian and Syriac Manuscript Fragments in the Turfan Collection (Berlin) and the Krotkov Collection (St. Petersburg)

“…In particular, I am referring to the studies carried out on the Coptic manuscript fragments as well as on the Dead Sea scrolls.See BARBATI 2015[2014.…”