Deciphering the Illegible. Festschrift in Honour of Dieter Weber
| In this publication you find the greatest names of contemporary Iranian studies, including our much complained friend and colleague Philippe Gignoux (1931-2023), philogist and historian of religions. Three ofthe contributors are members of the Società italiana di storia delle religioni.Enrico Morano was so kind to donate to us his invaluable edition and translation of: Fragments from a Sogdian Cosmogonical Manuscript in Manichaean Script.Deciphering the IllegibleFestschrift in Honour of Dieter WeberHerausgeber:Macuch, Maria / Zeini, ArashReihe:IranicaBandnummer:33Umfang/Format:XLIV, 480 pages, 91 ill., 22 tablesSprache:EnglishAusstattung:Book (Hardback)Abmessungen:24.00 × 17.00 cmGewicht:1350gErscheinungsdatum:24.10.2024Preise:118,00 Eur[D] / 121,40 Eur[A]ISBN:978-3-447-12269-6 |
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The commemorative publication Deciphering the Illegible is dedicated to Dieter Weber, one of the most important scholars in the field of Iranian Studies, who is best known for his work on deciphering original documents in the extremely ambiguous Pahlavi cursive script, which was long considered ‘illegible’. In addition to an appreciation of his research and a bibliography of his publications, the volume contains twenty-eight contributions by renowned experts, reflecting the broad spectrum of the dedicatee’s academic interests and research work. The articles cover a wide range of topics and offer many new insights and original perspectives on religious, linguistic and historical problems, including several editions of previously unpublished texts.