Discarded Scripts, Reused Media. Phenomenology of the Manuscript Fragment and Its Reuse

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2240-3604/17520

Keywords:

Manuscripts' fragments, Re-use, Cathedral of Bologna

Abstract

This article aims to address an analysis of the phenomenon of waste and reuse of parchment from manuscripts and documents. After a brief presentation of the project related to manuscripts’ fragments found in the General Archiepiscopal Archive of Bologna, it will show a case study concerning the discovery of some sales notes of handwritten books from the Cathedral of S. Peter in Bologna. 

Published

2023-07-27

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TECA Dossier