[INDOLOGY] Russian 14 cent. Birchbark MSS from Novgorod

[Artur Karp]

I realize now, the site is a part of Professor Schaeken's project:

*Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus: Contents and Contexts (INTAS-Project
Ref. Nr. 03-51-3867)*


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2014-10-20 23:16 GMT+02:00 Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>:

> A good Russian birchbark manuscripts  site (*Древнерусские берестяные
> грамоты) *with over 1000 manuscripts dated 1050 - 1500 AD, at:
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> http://gramoty.ru/index.php?key=bb
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> Best,
>
> Artur Karp
>
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> 2014-10-20 22:38 GMT+02:00 <asko.parpola at helsinki.fi>:
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>> Dear Richard,
>>
>> Professor Jos Schaeken, who leads the international team of researchers
>> studying
>> these birchbark documents, has written such a preliminary discussion in
>> Dutch:
>>
>> Schaeken, Jos, 2012. Stemmen op berkenbast. Berichten uit middeleeuws
>> Rusland:
>> Dagelijks leven en communicatie. Leiden: Leiden University Press. 176 pp.
>> e-ISBN 978-94-0060-086-7.
>>
>> This is freely downloadable as an open access book at the address
>> given by Professor Schaeken on his website, where the leaders of the
>> international team are also mentioned: http://www.schaeken.nl/lu/
>> research/index.htm
>>
>> Best regards, Asko Parpola
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Richard Salomon <rsalomon at u.washington.edu>:
>>
>>  Does anyone know of any good scholarly discussions of the Novgorod
>>> documents? They sound like the same sort of thing as the Vindolanda
>>> (Yorkshire) letters, which present fascinating slices of ordinary life back
>>> in the day. Nothing comparable from the ancient Indian world,
>>> unfortunately, although the Niya Kharosthi documents are somewhat close.
>>>
>>> Rich Salomon
>>>
>>> On 10/20/2014 5:56 AM, Stefan Baums wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Dominik and Matthew,
>>>>
>>>> yes, plenty of birch in Russia. And the letters are incised
>>>> in the bark. Here two photos where that is more clearly
>>>> visible:
>>>>
>>>>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_bark_manuscript#
>>>> mediaviewer/File:Beresta.jpg
>>>>    http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/Novgorodwoodp.html (scroll down)
>>>>
>>>> It am not sure whether ink was rubbed into the incisions
>>>> (palm‐leaf style), but this may have been unnecessary since
>>>> the incision made the darker lower bark visible through the
>>>> light outer layer.
>>>>
>>>> All best,
>>>> Stefan
>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>> Richard Salomon
>>> Department of Asian Languages and Literature
>>> University of Washington, Box 353521
>>> Seattle WA 98195-3521
>>> USA
>>>
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