Regarding the use of red ink in Avestan manuscripts

While Avestan manuscripts are consistently written with black ink, sometimes they present us with red scripts used for titles or for some special signs of interpunction; however, it seems that in certain circumstances, bilingual manuscripts (see for instance J9) distinguished the sacred language (i....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Antonio Panaino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2002-02-01
Series:Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage
Online Access:http://conservation-science.unibo.it/article/view/505