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...

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Other Authors: Petrovic, Andrej (Editor), Petrović, Ivana ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2019]
Series:Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy volume 11
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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-Ressource (XVIII, 416 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789004379435
DOI:10.1163/9789004379435