Orthography of the Avestan Manuscripts
$257.57
- Hardcover
458 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2026
Summary
Avestan manuscripts show enormous orthographic variation, which has caused headaches for experts in Avestan philology and editors of Avestan texts. This book provides an in-depth structured analysis of it, with the aim of bringing order to the chaos present in the manuscripts. In addition, it seeks the origin of this variation, primarily in the recitation of the texts.
Based on this analysis, it also provides a geographical and temporal classification of the manuscripts according to t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789004755321 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 9004755322 |
| Author: | Jaime Martínez Porro |
| Publisher: | Brill |
| Imprint: | Brill |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 458 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 887g |
| Dimensions: | 155mm x 235mm |
| Series: | Corpus Avesticum |
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Jaime Martínez Porro
Jaime Martínez Porro
Ph.D. (1989), research assistant at the Institute of Iranian Studies at the Free University of Berlin. His main fields of research are the Avestan manuscripts and linguistics, as well as the Zoroastrian rituals in Avestan language.
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