Am I right that nobody outside Indological circles (and those influenced by indologists in the last few decades) uses the term "post-colophon"?
Here's a grid of usages:
Key: Pingree (various catalogues, starting 1984)
Tripathi: C. Tripathi, Cat. of Jaina MSS at Strasbourg
Wikipedia: see here and links.
X: no special term
Description Pingree Tripathi Wikipedia (and non-indologists)
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Final verse
of text X X explicit
iti...samāptam colophon colophon X (or colophon?)
saṃvat phrase post- Scribal colophon
colophon Remarks
after saṃvat
phrase X post- X
colophon
Pratapaditya Pal uses "post-colophon" in his 1978 Arts of Nepal book
(http://tinyurl.com/37n8f2z), in the same sense as Pingree. Perhaps
that's where David got it?
(http://tinyurl.com/37n8f2z), in the same sense as Pingree. Perhaps
that's where David got it?