Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Friedrich, Markus / Quenzer, Joerg B. (eds.), Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective. (Studies in Manuscript Cultures 44) 343 pp. 2024:12 (de Gruyter, GW) <746-9>
ISBN 978-3-11-138235-7 hard ¥23,197.- (税込) EUR 99.95 *

Situating the history of genealogy in the ambit of manuscript studies, this volume explores how handwriting practices influenced the development of genealogies. It shows how lineages used handwritten documents in constructing and presenting their identity both to the outside world and to themselves. Genealogical handwriting is practiced in many manuscript cultures; this volume is the first to juxtapose studies from a wide variety of such cultures, ranging from East Asia, to West and Central Asia, to Europe. As the present contributions discuss in depth, tracing one's lineage usually required taking note of personal histories, biographies and relationships; the chapters explore the many different reasons that compelled both individuals and institutions to do just this, and highlight the various contexts in which genealogy-writing occurred. Taking a material-oriented approach to handwriting practices in the study of genealogies can reveal the challenges implicated in producing such written artefacts, highlighting the enormous effort required in cultivating lineage-related knowledge. Seen from the view of manuscript studies, genealogies emerge as invaluable, yet also highly fragile forms of cultural capital.

ビザンツ及び近世における文字・書籍文化－E.Lamberz記念論集
De Gregorio, Giuseppe / Prinzing, G. / Tocci, R. (Hrsg.), Folia Byzantina: Schrift- und Buchkultur in Byzanz und der fruhen Neuzeit. Festschrift zu Ehren von Erich Lamberz. (Supplementa Byzantina) 900 S. 2025:6 (de Gruyter, GW) <746-8>
ISBN 978-3-11-134027-2 hard ¥38,284.- (税込) EUR 164.95

Der Band stellt das mittelalterliche Buch als Trager griechischer und byzantinischer Texte in den Mittelpunkt. Das zentrale Anliegen des Bandes gilt daher ebenso der Weiterentwicklung der Erforschung des Buches in seiner Materialitat wie auch in seinem historischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Kontext. Renommierte Expert/-innen und Nachwuchsforscher/-innen aus den Forschungsfeldern Kodikologie und Palaographie, Klassischer Philologie und Byzantinistik, Theologie und Kirchengeschichte bis hin zur Kunstgeschichte bereichern mit ihren Studien unsere Kenntnis von den Byzantinern und ihrem kulturellen Umfeld und moechten zugleich die Verdienste von Erich Lamberz um die griechischen (und lateinischen) Texte und Bucher wurdigen. Der Band, der sich an Forschende und Studierende der genannten Forschungsgebiete gleichermassen richtet, enthalt neben dem Vorwort und der Tabula Gratulatoria auch einen Index der zitierten Handschriften sowie ein Schriftenverzeichnis des Geehrten.

Cerna, Sona / Cerny, Jiri (Hrsg.), Buecher des Mittelalters und der Fruehrenaissance aus und in Olmuetz. (Lingua Historica Germanica 30) 455 S. 2025:9 (de Gruyter, GW) <746-7>
ISBN 978-3-11-157711-1 hard ¥25,518.- (税込) EUR 109.95

This volume brings together studies on manuscripts and the oldest printed books that are stored in the memory institutions of Olomouc or that are connected with Olomouc through their origins or provenance. The interdisciplinary and material-based studies do not just deal with the exemplars themselves and the texts or illuminations they contain but also with their owners, producers, and the people who commissioned them

Grossmann, Eike (ed.), Female Agency in Manuscript Cultures. (Studies in Manuscript Cultures) 319 pp. 2024:6 (de Gruyter, GW) <746-13>
ISBN 978-3-11-138271-5 hard ¥23,197.- (税込) EUR 99.95 *

Holm, David (ed.), Vernacular Chinese-Character Manuscripts from East and Southeast Asia. (Studies in Manuscript Cultures 40) 300 pp. 2024:7 (de Gruyter, GW) <746-14>
ISBN 978-3-11-138232-6 hard ¥23,197.- (税込) EUR 99.95 *

This collection brings together studies on vernacular manuscripts in regional Chinese dialects such as Cantonese and Hokkien (South Fujian dialect), those of non-Han peoples in China and Southeast Asia such as the Zhuang and Yao, and a vernacular character manuscript in Vietnamese. Across this wide range, the focus is on manuscripts written in regional and vernacular adaptations of the Chinese script. Three chapters on Yao manuscripts each focus on a different aspect of their use in local society or on collections of Yao manuscripts in overseas collections; there are three chapters on Zhuang and related Tai languages; two studies on Hokkien; one on the Cantonese script in contemporary Hong Kong; and one on a Buddhist manuscript with Vietnamese ch? nom commentary from a temple in Bangkok. Detailed descriptions of traditional paper manufacture in the villages are given for both the Yao and the Zhuang, as well as paper analysis used to date a Vietnamese manuscript. Coverage includes information about the physicality of the manuscripts investigated and the vernacular Chinese scripts in which they are written, but also a wealth of information about their use and significance in local society. This collection will be of interest to scholars and students interested in the philological analysis of East and Southeast Asian character scripts and manuscript traditions, but also the broader social contexts of manuscript use in traditional and modern society.

Noel, Sophie, Le petit commerce de l'independance: une sociologie de la librairie au debut du XXIe siecle. (Le sens social) 217 p. 2025:2 (Pr. U. de Rennes, FR) <746-15>
ISBN 978-2-7535-9687-0 paper ¥4,642.- (税込) EUR 20.00

Gippert, Jost / Maksimczuk, Jose / Sargsyan, Hasmik (eds.), Palimpsests and Related Phenomena across Languages and Cultures. (Studies in Manuscript Cultures 42) 590 pp. 2024:11 (de Gruyter, GW) <746-11>
ISBN 978-3-11-155152-4 hard ¥27,839.- (税込) EUR 119.95 *

Palimpsests are manuscripts whose original content has been erased, scraped away, washed off and later overwritten. In their lower layers, they often contain unique versions of texts ? including those otherwise lost ? from Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The volume addresses palimpsesting across languages, cultures, and times, as well as up-to-date research and imaging practices applied to them and results achieved in reconstituting removed layers.

Gnisci, Jacopo / Dege-Mueller, Sophia et al. (eds.), Manuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia: Scribes, Patrons, Collectors, and Readers. (Studies in Manuscript Cultures 46) 479 pp. 2025:4 (de Gruyter, GW) <746-12>
ISBN 978-3-11-163626-9 hard ¥26,679.- (税込) EUR 114.95 *

Throughout the Middle Ages manuscripts were routinely commissioned, copied, illustrated, displayed, read, and transferred across both sides of the Mediterranean. Their significance as vehicles for the transmission of visual and textual knowledge is well known. Less understood, particularly when it comes to non-Latin manuscripts, is the complex web of spiritual, material, intellectual, and emotional interactions that influenced their production and reception. The twelve essays presented here seek to address this gap by exploring the very direct relationships that existed between manuscripts and those individuals or communities that were involved in their making. The volume is broad in scope, covering written artefacts produced between Late Antiquity and the fifteenth century and presenting case studies that range from the British Isles to East Africa and from Spain and the Maghreb to Armenia. The visual and textual evidence preserved in these manuscripts is interpreted by drawing from disciplines such as palaeography, art history, codicology, and textual criticism. The result is a book that details the impact of makers, patrons, collectors, and readers on the making and circulation of manuscripts across Afro-Eurasia.

中世の本の装飾ハンドブック
Ganz, David / Rainer, Thomas / Schmid, S. et al. (eds.), Handbook of Medieval Book Ornament. (de Gruyter Reference) 1000 pp. 2026:2 (de Gruyter, GW) <746-10>
ISBN 978-3-11-141107-1 hard ¥57,792.- (税込) EUR 249.00