Miniature Books

Kristina Myrvold is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Linnaeus University. She is the author and editor of numerous publications on Indian cultures, religions, and migration.Dorina Miller Parmenter is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. Her research interests include material uses of the Christian Bible.

• Table of ContentsPreliminariesList of Figures vi-viiIntroduction Religious Miniature Books: Introduction and Overview 1-11, Kristina Myrvold,Dorina Miller Parmenter1. Ritualizing the Size of Books 12-21, James W. Watts2. On the Functions of Miniaturizing Books in Jewish Religion 22-44, Marianne Schleicher3. Words in a Nutshell: Miniaturizing Texts in Early Modern England 45-54, Lucy Razzall4. Small Things of Greatest Consequence: Miniature Bibles in America 55-71, Dorina Miller Parmenter5. Diminutive Divination and the Implications of Scale: A Miniature Quranic Falnama of the Safavid Period 72-107, Heather Coffey6. Mite Qurans for Indian Markets: David Bryce in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century 108-131, Kristina Myrvold7. Miniature Qurans in the First World War: Religious Comforts for Indian Muslim Soldiers 132-157, Kristina Myrvold, Andreas Johansson8. Size Matters! Miniature Mushafs and the Landscape of Affordances 158-176, Jonas Svensson9. Gitamahatmya! Paratexts in Miniature Bhagavad Gitas with Special Reference to Pictures and Gender 177-200, Jon Skarpeid10. Sutras Working in Buddha’s Belly and Buddhists’ Pockets: Miniature Sutras in Korean Buddhism 201-215, Yohan Yoo, Woncheol YunEnd MatterIndex 216-237

"For those readers looking into the history of the tiny volumes for the first time wondering why miniaturise, Miniature Books presents multiple, eloquent answers, while also offering intriguing new perspectives for an audience already well-versed in the subject." Ricciardi, Annalisa, Anthropos, 116.2021