- L’objet livre (Stephen Hugh-Jones et Hildegard Diemberger)
- Quand le livre devient relique: Les textes tibétains entre culture bouddhique et transformations technologiques (Hildegard Diemberger)
- Les Agamas: des livres saints canoniques: Le rituel hindou entre transmission orale et textes sacrés (Chris Fuller)
- Le livre comme trésor: Aura, prédation et secret des manuscrits savants du Sud marocain (Romain Simenel)
- Le Coran et ses multiples formes (Casablanca, Maroc) (Anouk Cohen)
- L’objet livre à l’aube de l’époque moderne (Warren Boutcher)
- Quand le texte se fait matière: Une exploration des versions du manuscrit arabe (Christine Jungen)
- Le synthétique sacré: Réflexions sur les aspects matériels des textes juifs orthodoxes (Jeremy Stolow)
Iconic books are texts revered as objects of power rather than just as words of instruction, information, or insight. In religious and secular rituals around the globe, people carry, show, wave, touch and kiss books and other texts, as well as read them. This blog chronicles such events and activities. (For more about iconic books, see the links to the Iconic Books Project at left.)
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Book as Object in current issue of Terrain
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Jim Watts
Elizabeth Castelli brings to my attention that the September 2012 issue of Terrain: revue d'ethnologie de l'Europe is devoted to the topic of l'objet libre (the book as object). Here's the table of contents:
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