Manuscript copies of printed books

[Jean-Luc Chevillard]

Dear Michael,

I think you want to send this to the list

Cheers

-- Jean-Luc

On 23/03/2012 07:00, Michael Witzel wrote:
> In addition I have seen, in the Nepal National Archives, a 19th century
> handwritten Devanagari copy of a printed Vedic text, the Katyayana
> Srautasutra (Kātyāyana Śrautasūtra) edited in Nagari by Albrecht Weber
> in 1859; the MS included his notes (in parentheses) referring to quotes
> from the Vajasaneyi Samhita (Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā).


> Cheers,


> MW>
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> On Mar 22, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Jean-Luc Chevillard wrote:
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>> Cher Emmanuel,
>>
>> inside the Pondicherry EFEO collection of MSS,
>> the MS numbered EO-0541,
>> which is an incomplete copy of the கணக்கதிகாரம் [kaṇakkatikāram]
>> was copied from a book
>> published in "pirapava ((varuṣam)) paṅkuṉi ((mācam))"
>> by cuppiramaṇiya aiyar
>> in his "vittiyāvilācamuttirākṣaracālai"
>> which seems to correspond to march-april 1868.
>>
>> I have been able to directly compare the MS and a PDF of the printed book.
>>
>> I originally thought the book to have been published in 1927-1928,
>> but after seeing the MS copy this seems unlikely :-)
>>
>> -- Jean-Luc Chevillard
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>> On 23/03/2012 01:59, Manu Francis wrote:
>>> Dear list,
>>>
>>> I am currently working on a study of the manuscripts of the
>>> Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai (a classical Tamil devotional text, datable maybe
>>> to the 7th century) in a joint project of the University of Hamburg
>>> and EFEO.
>>> So far we have been able to collect copies of 44 palm-leaf manuscripts.
>>> Interestingly, two of these manuscripts (and maybe a third one), are
>>> each a copy of a different a printed edition of the middle of the 19th
>>> century.
>>>
>>> Do you know of other cases of manuscripts (palm-leaf or paper) being
>>> copies of printed books?
>>> Is there any bibliographical reference about this practice?
>>> One could think that the printed book was out of stock or not
>>> available for sale, or even that a manuscript copy was cheaper than
>>> buying the printed book.
>>> I wonder however if other reasons (ritualistic use of the text,
>>> conservatism towards the old form of books) might explain this
>>> practice.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any information.
>>>
>>> With best wishes.
>>>
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