[INDOLOGY] scribal self-recitation while copying

[Jonathan Silk]

dear Andrea,

Thanks, perhaps after all I remembered it from reading your thesis! :) [But
I think it has been discussed elsewhere as well...]

jonathan


On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Andrea Acri <andreaacri at mac.com> wrote:

> Dear Jonathan,
>
> I have discussed this very briefly on p. 65 of my book 'Dharma Pātañjala’
> (Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 2011), referring to A. Dain’s 'Les Manuscrits’
> (first ed. 1949, second ed. 1964, reprint 1975 etc.), in particular pp.
> 20–22 and 43–46.
>
> All best,
>
> Andrea
>
> Sent from iCloud
>
>
> On Jul 23, 2013, at 04:15 PM, Jonathan Silk <kauzeya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> dear Colleagues.
>
> Recently I told a student that errors in transcription which appear prima
> facie to be due to oral recitation may well also stem from copying a
> written exemplar, since scribes are known to recite to themselves, as it
> were, when copying. I think/thought that this was well known, but she tells
> me that she's looked around and not found a discussion of this idea. I have
> no idea now where I learnt it (although i believe it to be true). Any
> references?
>
> thanks so much, jonathan
>
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