Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective / ed. by Markus Friedrich, Jörg B. Quenzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Agnew, Christopher S., Contributor.

Binbaş, Evrim, Contributor.

Bussotti, Michela, Contributor.

DeWeese, Devin, Contributor.

Döll, Steffen, Contributor.

Friedrich, Markus, Contributor.

Friedrich, Markus, Editor.

Huber, Vitus, Contributor.

Morimoto, Kazuo, Contributor.

Quenzer, Jörg B., Editor.

Vicent, Fiona, Contributor.

Yu, Xin, Contributor.

Universität Hamburg, Funder.

Series:

Studies in Manuscript Cultures Series

Studies in Manuscript Cultures , 2365-9696 ; 44

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VI, 337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Situating the history of genealogy in the ambit of manuscript studies, this volume explores how handwriting practices influenced the development of genealogies. It shows how lineages used handwritten documents in constructing and presenting their identity both to the outside world and to themselves. Genealogical handwriting is practiced in many manuscript cultures; this volume is the first to juxtapose studies from a wide variety of such cultures, ranging from East Asia, to West and Central Asia, to Europe. As the present contributions discuss in depth, tracing one’s lineage usually required taking note of personal histories, biographies and relationships; the chapters explore the many different reasons that compelled both individuals and institutions to do just this, and highlight the various contexts in which genealogy-writing occurred. Taking a material-oriented approach to handwriting practices in the study of genealogies can reveal the challenges implicated in producing such written artefacts, highlighting the enormous effort required in cultivating lineage-related knowledge. Seen from the view of manuscript studies, genealogies emerge as invaluable, yet also highly fragile forms of cultural capital.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

History of Genealogy and Manuscripts Studies: New Perspectives for a Crosscultural and Trans-epochal Approach

West and Central Asia

A Compendium of Sayyid/Sharīf Genealogy in Diagrammatic Format from the Late Tenth Century

The King’s Two Lineages: Esau, Jacob, and the Ottoman Mythical Imagination in the Subhatu’l-Ahbar

Narratives of Conquest and Genealogies of Custody among the Sacred Families of Central Asia: Manuscript Charters of Ancestral Islamization and Hereditary Privilege

East Asia

Distinguishing Pearls from Fish Eyes: The Branch Lineage Genealogies of the Descendants of Confucius

Chinese Genealogies and Tables of Generations: A Few Examples from Huizhou

Copying Is Editing: Handwritten Copies of Printed Genealogies in Late Imperial China, 1450–1900

Genealogical Diagrams in Chan/Zen Buddhism: Sources, Production, and Functions

Europe and Americas

The Fabrication of Lineage: Genealogical Manuscripts and the Administration of the Spanish Empire (Fifteenth–Eighteenth Century)

Data Organisation in two Bourgeois Genealogies from Eighteenthand Nineteenth-century Basel

Contributors

Indices

Notes:

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This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

ISBN:

9783111382876

3111382877

OCLC:

1479751855