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Sinai Syriac 8 #118

Open arnwinej opened 1 year ago

arnwinej commented 1 year ago

SMDL Link: https://sinaimanuscripts.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark%3A%2F21198%2Fz196124r

Description Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KRB4_vFzFko9MBfL7QAhjLR20OdYce-a/edit

Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wo8K-7zcMD-_Y08IOSiYHUTFpk9CHwnYF6zmnFyTdr4/edit

Summary: A prophetologion with numerous marginalia and decorative headpieces.

How detailed should the table of contents be?
The marginalia seem to coincide mostly with the text next to which they occur, so not paratext?
Finally, the headpieces are greatly varied, some geometric, some vegetative, some with symbols. Is there a reasoning behind these and which were used?

wlpotter commented 1 year ago

Made a few comments but wanted to clarify on some of your questions.

For the marganali, what do you mean that they coincide with the text? Do you mean they are marginal revisions of/additions to the text rather than commentaries on the text? If so, you're right that we might not call them paratexts; they could just be scribal corrections?
There may or may not be reasoning behind which motifs are used for a given headpiece. Did any patterns stick out to you?