Abstract
Abstract: By problematizing the specific nature of Chinese book production and particularly the nature of Chinese codices, this essay analyses how Chinese printed texts fragmented. Two crucial elements are highlighted: the inner structure of Chinese books favored separate volumes that could become individual fragments at the same time as the printing blocks were often repaired and restored, undergoing a very different form of fragmentation. This requires a different approach to Chinese printed books fragmentology, one that takes those features under consideration.
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