The Text within the Text

Yury M. Lotman, Jerry Leo, Amy Mandelker
1994 Publications of the Modern Language Association of America  
Despite some differences, Islamic-Iranian manuscripts have special common out-of-text and within-text structures. These structures were followed by authors, scribes and transcription centers during centuries when transcription tradition was dominant throughout the Islamic world. In this article, these common features were considered in detail. Some manuscript folios preserved in National Library and Archive of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NLAI) were included for better clarification.
doi:10.2307/463074 fatcat:ycl6ccfdznfk3iy57mglpemmoe