Christopher D. Bahl and Stefan Hanß

Christopher D. Bahl and Stefan Hanß, experts on scribal practice and the global cultures of colophons, discuss the significance of colophons in manuscript cultures and how they shaped scribal identities and bookish communities. They also explore the concept of the 'California Social Act' and its manifestations in manuscripts, the meaning of formulae in colophons, the process of organizing a workshop on global colophon cultures, the spread of Arabic cosmopolis in South Asia, and their current projects and book publication.