A propos des lieux de copie des manuscrits d'Asie centrale issus d'ateliers locaux du XVIe au XIXe siècle.
Résumé
The article discusses itineraries of manuscripts produced in provinces of Bukhara and Kokand of late Central Asia (16th-19th c.), and kept today in the holdings of several local and regional libraries. It proposes a brief survey of geographical and topographical information drawn from colophons ownership marks, and notes left by readers mentioning the location(s) of manuscripts. A significant amount of these manuscripts were copied locally and were destined for local markets; they were used by provincial and small-town literati, and have remained in local circulation until the present day. Although only about 10% of colophons indicate the actual place of copy, sometimes they are very precise. Characteristically for Central Asia, madrasas, mosques and other religious institutions are often mentioned by name, and thus appear as active places of copy throughout the investigated period.