Zerstörung von Geschriebenem: historische und transkulturelle perspektiven

Inscribed artifacts are exposed to a range of practices that damage them. These practices vary dramatically across historical periods and cultural contexts. This book studies a number of representative examples spanning ancient, medieval, and modern times. The analysis identifies features of these d...

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Other Authors: Kühne-Wespi, Carina (Editor, Contributor), Oschema, Klaus (Editor, Contributor), Quack, Joachim Friedrich 1966- (Editor, Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:German
English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter 2019
Series:Materiale Textkulturen 22
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Inscribed artifacts are exposed to a range of practices that damage them. These practices vary dramatically across historical periods and cultural contexts. This book studies a number of representative examples spanning ancient, medieval, and modern times. The analysis identifies features of these different practices and the motivations behind them, developing a comprehensive system of interpretation. Uses case studies from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean to ancient China, the European Middle Ages and modern times and Islamic traditions to today's Bali to examine scriptural destruction, focusing on the study of human action (praxeology), practices, and motivation. The main focus is on cultures in which the written documents are not reproduced by means of letterpress and comparable methods, but individually hand-made
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 460 Seiten) illustrations (some colour); digital file(s)
ISBN:3110629046
3110629895
9783110629040
9783110629897
Access:Open Access