"(...) the articles in this beautifully illustrated book show that knowledge and materiality were closely intertwined in the movement of books and paintings across premodern Eurasia. Scholars will need to emulate contributors of this book in combining philological, historical, and art historical approaches if they intend to explore the full richness of the movements of things and ideas on the Silk/Book Road."
Xin Wen, Princeton University, Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies 10, no. 1 (2025): 259-262. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/mns.2025.a965567.
"This book represents a groundbreaking effort to reimagine the networks of exchange and material culture that have shaped human interactions across regions and civilizations. Through a collection of diverse research manuscripts contributed by leading scholars in the field, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricate web of connections that transcended the traditional Silk Road and the transmission of texts along the Book Road." - Religious Studies Review (50/2 2024)