Cataloging manuscripts

Many of the 24 articles (in English, German and French) gathered in this book were provided in honour of the 60th birthday of Professor Erich Renhart, founder of the Vestigia Manuscript Research Centre of the University of Graz. Other articles were written in connection with the diverse researches conducted at Vestigia on the traces of the cultural heritage represented by Armenian, Syriac, Arabic, Greek, Latin, and Croatian Glagolitic manuscript traditions, scattered in libraries around the world. Organized according to these main sections – Text Editions, Manuscript Cataloguing, Manuscript Studies, Digital Humanities, Varia Studia – the volume provides new approaches and results to the study of written heritage in different cultures, as well as digital solutions to preserve and study this heritage codicologically and paleographically. The book is concluded by a final chapter Ad personam, presenting the personal words and a Laudatio addressed to Erich Renhart on the occasion of his 60th birthday celebration (23–24, May 2019) at the University of Graz. Many illustrations and images facilitate the understanding and altogether contribute to the high aesthetic standard of the work – corresponding to its subject matter.

The Biblioteca de Catalunya holds a remarkable collection of liturgical music manuscripts, coming from different places and origins. In the centennial of its Music Department, a catalogue of the manuscript music in Gregorian chant preserved in the Library has been dressed; it includes books compiled to be used in the mass and in the divine office from the XIIth to the XIXth century. The catalogue is divided in two parts: the present work, that describes manuscripts bequeathed, donated or bought by the Library, and a second one, that will describe the liturgical choir books entered in the Library during the Spanish Civil War. It is preceded by a state of the question in research and cataloguing of medieval liturgical music and a brief explanation on the Library collection, and followed by onomastical, toponymical and typology indexes.

Palaeography is essentially a visual discipline. It is difficult to explain the history of writing without a good collection of facsimiles of their characteristics and evolution. Therefore the interest of paleographers improving reproduction of images of these graphic examples. The collections of plates, facsimiles and photographies have succeeded each other until the development of the electronic publishing. But, given the fragility of the computer systems, the complete disappearance of the traditional publications in paper would not be desirable. In fact, it is not only necessary to facilitate the study of the characteristics and evolution of the script, but also to contribute to the conservation of this graphic monuments. This paper raises several questions about the cataloging method related to monuments copied in Visigothic and Caroline script from Spain, the author proposes several reflections regarding this matter, and at the same time presents other possible catalogues.

Yazma eserlerin kataloglanması basılı eserlere oranla daha fazla işbirliği ve uzmanlık gerektiren bir süreçtir. Eserlerin sanatsal, ziksel ve içerik özelliklerinin belirlenmesi bunların doğru ve standart niteleme alanlarına girilmesi, ileri düzey bir kataloglama bilgisi ve deneyim gerektirmektedir. Bilgi kaynaklarının elektronik ortamda kataloglanması için geliştirilen MARC (21) üst veri standardı gerekli uyarlamalar ile yazma eserler için de kullanılabilmektedir. Ancak yazma eseri diğer bilgi kaynaklarından ayıran ziksel özellikler ile yazma esere ilişkin bilgilerin bir bütünlük içerisinde verilmesi için " 300 Fiziksel Niteleme " alanı altında yer alan ve bilgi kaynaklarına yönelik olarak kullanılması önerilen alt alanlardan faydalanılması gerekmektedir. Bu alan ve alt alanlar yazma eserlerin erişim, depolama ve koruma süreçleri için hem yazma eser kütüphaneleri personeline/yöneticilerine hem de kullanıcılara önemli ipuçları verebilecektir. Bu veriler eserlerle ilgili hangi şartlarda korunacağı, ne tür kâğıtlar üzerine yazıldığı, hangi yazı türlerinin kullanıldığı, bunların kullanım sıklıkları ve dönemleri, düzenleniş biçimleri, yazılış biçimleri ve depolama için gerekli ölçüler konularında bilgi verip stratejiler geliştirmesinde yazma eser kütüphanesi yöneticilerine ve kullanıcılarına yardımcı olabilecektir. Söz konusu veriler kullanıcılar için daha rane bir tarama stratejisi geliştirerek araştırma yapmak istedikleri eserlere daha kolay ve kısa sürelerde erişmelerini olanaklı kılabilecektir. Çalışmada yazma eserlerin nitelenmesinde gerekli ziksel özellikler alanlarının nasıl kullanılacağı örneklerle açıklanmaya çalışılacak ve bu alanın/alt alanların kullanımının yazma eserlerin kataloglanmasında ve bibliyograk denetiminde yazma eserlere isabetli erişmede sağlayacağı kolaylıklara değinilecektir. Manuscript cataloging is a process which requires more collaboration and expertise compared to published works. Determination of artistic, physical and content characteristics of manuscripts and their classication into correct and standard qualications require advanced knowledge in cataloging and experiences in the eld MARC (21), which was developed for electronic information cataloging, can be used for manuscripts whose metadata standard is high. However, in order to assign physical characteristics which differentiate manuscripts from other printed information resources and information about manuscripts with integrity, the subelds that are included in the eld of " 300 Physical Description Etc. " and are suggested to be used according to the information resources should be utilized. These elds and subelds will provide important hints for access, storage and protection processes of manuscripts for both manuscript librarians/managers and to users. These data will offer information on developing strategies to manuscript library managers and users about under which conditions manuscripts shall be protected, on what kind of papers they shall be written, what kind of fonts will be used, their frequency and period of use, their type of arrangement, type of writing and criteria for storage. Mentioned data will provide users with the ability to develop more rened scanning strategies and access to the works they wish to research more easily and in a shorter period of time. This study will explain through examples, how to use the physical characteristics eld which should be used in the description of manuscripts and contributions to be attained by using this eld/subeld in mansucripts cataloging of and bibliographic control as well as achieving incisive access. Giriş Yazma eserlerin kataloglanması konusunda yapılan çalışmalar, son yıllarda kütüphane bilgi sistemleri içerisinde oluşturulan/tasarlanan kataloglama ara yüzleri aracılığıyla yürütülmektedir. Ancak hazırlanan bu sistemlerde yer alan ve yazma eserlerin nitelenmesinde kullanılan uluslararası standart alanların belirlenmesinde ciddi bir acemilik ve yetersizlik görülmektedir. Kültürel hazinemiz olarak değerlendirdiğimiz ve sıklıkla önemlerini vurguladığımız bu bilgi kaynaklarının hem lâyık olduğu değere eriştirilmesi hem de bunlara doğru ve kısa zamanda erişebilmek için ciddi bir iş birliği ve birbirinin alanına saygı duyma/anlamaya çalışma çabasının kavranması gerekmektedir.

This paper focuses on just a few aspects and terms that were introduced for the comprehensive description of illuminated manuscripts published in the Corpus of Greek Illuminated Manuscripts in Russian Collections, vol. I: Manuscripts of the 9th – 10th cc. at the State Historical Museum, part 1 (n° 1–23), Moscow 2013.
So-called ‘colophons’ may denote not only the scribes' inscriptions and the ἐξεδόθη-Notizen, but also colophons of a third type: a repeat of the title at the end of the text. When embellished they are examined as an element in the overall decoration of the book.
Description of the running titles and consecutive numbers side by side with the titles, headings and marginalia amplifies the characteristics of the codex.
Such terms as ‘decoration of an irregular type’, ‘decoration of a transitional type’ and ‘decorative system of a regular type’ used for the description and characteristics of manuscript illumination. The material provided by illuminated manuscripts of the 9th to 10th cc. prompts us to view the evolution of book decoration in several distinct stages: from irregular decoration it passed through a transitional period, before the formation of a regular decorative system. The period of transformation lasted about a century, from the mid-9th c. to mid-10th c., with the gradual introduction of new features to the structure of the codex. The main tendency in manuscript design of the transitional phase was a gradual shift of the reader’s attention from the end of the text to the beginning.

Составители: Н. А. Зубкова (руководитель проекта); А. А. Богданов, С. О. Вялова, А. Д. Мальцев, Е. С. Павлова, М. А. Смирнова;
Научный редактор: А. И. Сапожников
Редактор: Н. А. Зубкова
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