Reverse-Side Documents as Ritual Knowledge Infrastructure
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 20_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_V_v2_8.md.
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Reverse-Side Documents as Ritual Knowledge Infrastructure
Section titled “Layer 1: Reverse-Side Documents as Ritual Knowledge Infrastructure”Source file:
20_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_V_v2_8.md
The divination miscellany is written partly on reused political documents.
Historical significance
Section titled “Historical significance”Paper scarcity and reuse mean occult/calendrical knowledge could literally be written on the backs of secular administrative records.
Research consequence
Section titled “Research consequence”Every manuscript page should be photographed recto and verso, and reverse documents independently identified because:
- they help date copying;
- reveal networks of paper circulation;
- can show how elite documents entered a ritual specialist’s archive.