"This is a tour de force of sophisticated global erudition."
-Filippo de Vivo, University of Oxford, UK
"In its wide global range and rich variety of studies, this expertly edited volume provides an unprecedented view into the scribal practices of diverse cultural traditions in the early modern period."
-Johanna Drucker, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
"This volume finally gives the colophon the place it deserves. We see scribes and printers at work in Thailand, the Deccan, Delhi, Damascus, Antwerp, and Timbuktu."
-Konrad Hirschler, University of Hamburg, Germany
"In this cross-disciplinary endeavor, ten authors tell lively and exciting stories of historical scribal practices."
-Verena Klemm, University of Leipzig, Germany
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