Jill Unkel
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Despite the significant work carried out on the text, transmission, materiality, and scribal habits preserved in the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri since their acquisition by Beatty ninety years ago in 1931, these early copies of Jewish scripture and the New Testament have, for the most part, belonged primarily to textual critics. The goal of this book is to resituate this important collection of manuscripts in broader contexts, examining their significance...
Publisher
ARC Humanities Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
This book is Open Access and available from OAPEN. This collection brings together current research into the development of the market for pre-modern manuscripts between 1890 and 1945, and its impact.
This collection brings together current research into the development of the market for pre-modern manuscripts. Between 1890 and 1945 thousands of manuscripts made in Europe before 1600 appeared on the market. Many entered the collections in which...

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