Objective This project will make the data in Armenian manuscript colophons from the 5th to the 18th centuries available to modern research, especially from a lexicographic and palaeographic point of view.Colophons are the personal utterances of scribes, written mostly after having concluded the copying of a text. They contain various information ranging from pleas to remember the scribe and his family to short chronicles of historical events. As such, colophons represent an important source of cultural and historical events which transpired during the production of the manuscripts.The previously published text of Armenian colophons (about 7500 pages) will be entered into a computer and a database will provide access to the onomastic and lexical material of the colophons. This database will be the basis for an interdisciplinary study of linguistic diversity in the colophons in relation to the spread of scribal schools and centres in the 13th century. Programme(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Topic(s) 75 - Literature, Linguistics, Philosophy Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Rijksuniversiteit Leiden EU contribution No data Address P.N. v. Eyckhof 3 2300 RA Leiden Netherlands See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Aarhus Universitet Denmark EU contribution No data Address 8000 Aarhus C See on map Total cost No data Matenadaran Institute of Ancient Manuscripts Armenia EU contribution No data Address 375009 Yerevan See on map Total cost No data National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia Armenia EU contribution No data Address 375001 Yerevan See on map Total cost No data
