The materiality of text : placement, perception, and presence of inscribed texts in classical antiquity /

The materiality of text : placement, perception, and presence of inscribed texts in classical antiquity /

Written by an international cast of experts, The Materiality of Text showcases a wide range of innovative methodologies from ancient history, literary studies, epigraphy, and art history and provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on the physicality of writing in antiquity. The contributions focus...

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Other Authors: Petrovic, Andrej (Editor), Petrovic, Ivana (Editor), Thomas, Edmund (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Series: Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy 11.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386266.

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Inscriptions, Greek.

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Call Number: CN350 .M34 2018

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Summary:Written by an international cast of experts, The Materiality of Text showcases a wide range of innovative methodologies from ancient history, literary studies, epigraphy, and art history and provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on the physicality of writing in antiquity. The contributions focus on epigraphic texts in order to gauge questions of their placement, presence, and perception: starting with an analysis of the forms of writing and its perception as an act of physical and cultural intervention, the volume moves on to consider the texts' ubiquity and strategic positioning within epigraphic, literary, and architectural spaces. The contributors rethink modern assumptions about the processes of writing and reading and establish novel ways of thinking about the physical forms of ancient texts.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004379435
ISSN:1876-2557 ;