[INDOLOGY] Corrections in Manuscripts

[Jürgen Neuss]

Perhaps also useful, but in German:

Einicke, Katrin
Korrektur, Differenzierung und Abkürzung in indischen Inschriften und  
Handschriften
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
2008
ISBN: 978-3-447-06087-5

Best wishes,

Juergen Neuss



On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:05:51 +0100, G. Colas <gcindology at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the very late reaction. Perhaps my contribution could be  
> useful :
>
> « Relecture et techniques de correction dans les manuscrits indiens:  
> L’exemple des manuscrits sanskrits philosophiques du fonds Chandra Shum  
> Shere », in Christian Jacob (ed.), Lieux de savoir 2: Les mains de  
> l’intellect, Paris: Albin Michel, 2011, p. 494-521.
>
> It deals with the two phases of correction of paper manuscripts and with  
> scribal techniques of cancelling, emending, adding, etc., and is  
> illustrated. However it does not identify the substance of the paint  
> used to cancel words and sentences.
> With best wishes,
> Gérard Colas
>
> Le 3 juil. 2014 à 06:26, Clemency Montelle  
> <clemency.montelle at canterbury.ac.nz> a écrit :
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I have been considering the ways in which scribes made corrections in  
>> the manuscripts they were copying, specifically in numerical tables.   
>> Of course, there are a variety of practices that  (some are neater than  
>> others!).  One way of interest is the use of what appears to be (in the  
>> colour copies of manuscripts I have) a yellowish paste or paint (an  
>> early version of modern day “white-out” or “twink”?) which can then  
>> written over.
>>
>> I attach a couple of examples. (The first example it has been used  
>> along several successive values in the third row, and in the second an  
>> entire column as well as individual entries.)
>>
>> Does anybody know more about this technique?  What was the substance  
>> used?  How widespread is this?  Where can I read more about this?
>>
>> With best wishes,
>> Clemency
>>
>> Dr Clemency Montelle
>> http://www.math.canterbury.ac.nz/~c.montelle/
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