Observing the Scribe at Work: Scribal Practice in the Ancient World (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 301, Band 301) - Hardcover

 
9789042942868: Observing the Scribe at Work: Scribal Practice in the Ancient World (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 301, Band 301)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 904294286X ISBN 13: 9789042942868
Verlag: Peeters Publishers, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Scribes are paradoxically both central and invisible in most societies before the typographic revolution of the 15th century, witnessed by every manuscript, but often elusive as historical figures. The act of writing is a quotidian and vernacular practice as well as a literary one, and must be observed not only in the outputs of literary copyists or reports of their activities, but in the documents of everyday life. This volume collects contributions on scribal practice as it features on diverse media (including papyri, tablets, and inscriptions) in a range of ancient societies, from the Ancient Near East and Dynastic Egypt through the Graeco-Roman world to Byzantium. These discussions of the role and place of scribes and scribal activity in pre-typographic cultures both contribute to a better understanding of one of the key drivers of these cultures, and illuminate the transmission of knowledge and traditions within and between them.

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Verlag
Peeters Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
904294286X
ISBN 13 
9789042942868
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
346
Herausgeber
Ast Rodney, Choat Malcolm, Cromwell Jennifer, Lougovaya Julia, Yuen-collingridge Rachel
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